Ten Things to Know About Deforestation Regulation

The European Union (EU) recently reached an agreement on a new "first-of-its-kind" piece of legislation, the EU Deforestation Regulation, with the aim of preventing companies from selling commodities that are linked with deforestation and forest degredation around the world on the EU market. With other countries (including the US, under the Forest Act) considering a similar shift from voluntary sustainability intitiatives to a more regulatory approach, this is an important and pivotal time to understand the impacts of "due dilligence" legislation. Raina Lang will lead a panel from Conservation International exploring the practical implications of the new legislation.