Deforestation: proposed EU import ban may fail to protect tropical rainforests and farmers - here's how it should work
Cambridge and Janina Grabs Assistant Professor of Business and Society, ESADE Cambridge, Jan 8 The Conversation Most European consumers shopping baskets tend to include items linked to deforestation in tropical regions, involving agricultural commodities such as beef, soybeans, palm oil, cocoa, rubber, coffee, timber and paper. 1. Local benchmarking The new regulation involves a benchmarking process that determines whether commodity producing regions have a high, standard or low risk of deforestation.
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