The European Parliament and the Member States of the European Union (EU) reached an agreement on Tuesday, December 6, to ban the import of several products, such as cocoa, coffee or soy, when they contribute to deforestation .
Palm oil, wood, beef and rubber are also concerned, as well as several associated materials (leather, chocolate, furniture, paper, charcoal, etc.).
Their import will be prohibited if these products come from deforested land after December 2020, Parliament said in a statement. The EU is the second largest destroyer of tropical forests in the world with its imports.
“This is the most ambitious policy initiative in the world to tackle the problem of imported deforestation, recently pointed out the European Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius. As Europeans, we show that we take our responsibilities. »
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