Australia is calling on the European Union to delay its deforestation legislation because of the uncertainty it’s created for agricultural trade with the EU. From 2025 EU companies will be prevented from importing beef products from properties where deforestation had occurred over the past four years. Australia’s Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has written to the […]
Brussels — During an event held in Brussels in April, an investigation unveiled that companies procuring cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire are contributing to the deforestation of forests in neighboring Liberia. The findings of the on-site investigation, presented by Bakary Traoré, a representative of IDEF, highlight that the traceability mechanisms employed by these companies are flawed []