Indonesian pulp exports and deforestation 2023 - 2024 new release

James Richens

Senior Content Lead

James is an experienced business journalist specialising in corporate sustainability, green finance and environmental policy. Before joining Trase in 2020, he was editor of The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, research editor at Trucost, part of S&P Global, and sustainability editor of The ENDS Report.

Insights by James Richens

23 Sep 2025
5 min read

Study reveals the complex causes of deforestation behind cocoa production in Ghana

The expansion of cocoa production is responsible for more than half of all forest loss in Ghana, according to a new study by Trase partners UCLouvain. It shows that cocoa expansion plays an important indirect role as it pushes out food production into forest reserves, highlighting the need for a holistic approach to land-use management and environmental protection.

16 Sep 2025
6 min read

Trase urges EU not to weaken deforestation-free commodity rules

Weakening the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR) by including it in plans to "simplify" environmental legislation will undermine business confidence, increase costs and damage progress towards goals on climate change, biodiversity loss and food security, according to Trase’s submission to a consultation by the European Commission.

22 Jul 2025
9 min read

Trase and the EUDR: Motivating and enabling world-first legislation to tackle commodity-driven deforestation

Trase data and intelligence has been used by the European Commission, member state governments, enforcement agencies, politicians and civil society groups in the creation of the EU deforestation regulation – the first-ever legislation aimed at breaking the link between deforestation and the trade in agricultural commodities.

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