Commodities
It’s long been known that deforestation is strongly linked to unsustainable agricultural practices for food commodities like beef, wood, palm oil, soy, coffee and cocoa. At COP26, more than 100 countries representing 85% of the world’s forests joined an agreement to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030. Sceptics pointed out that a similar 2014 agreement did not meet its targets. However, we already see the EU taking bold steps to turn talk into action, with a legal proposal to ban imports of these food commodities if their producers cannot prove that they resulted in no deforestation. Action beyond bla-bla-bla.
— Wayne Visser
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