EU countries approve year-long delay to deforestation law (www.reuters.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 05:14
https://lemmy.zip/post/55281392

cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/55281391

The world-first policy would ban imports into the EU of cocoa, palm oil and other commodities linked to forest destruction, requiring foreign exporters of these commodities to provide due diligence statements proving their products did not contribute to forest destruction.

Brazil, Indonesia and the U.S., which said complying with the rules would be costly and hurt their exports to Europe.

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