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EU Deforestation Regulation explained
Trase outlines the key provisions of the EUDR and highlights some of the challenges with implementing the regulation.
James Richens
Content Lead
Trase
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
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Trase warns against removing leather from EU Deforestation Regulation
The European Commission is proposing to remove leather from the EUDR, despite it being linked to a substantial part of the EU’s deforestation footprint. Rather than making last minute changes to the scope of the regulation, the Commission should focus on effective implementation.
7 min read
The Beijing-Brasília effect: Unlocking South-South cooperation for sustainable trade
Can Brazil and China use their outsized influence over the global trade in agricultural commodities to reduce deforestation, limit climate change and support food security?
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Domestic food crops overlooked as driver of deforestation
Global efforts to halt deforestation have largely overlooked the expansion of fields to grow staple crops such as rice, maize and cassava for domestic food consumption, innovative new research has found. It recommends that governments and businesses should pay greater attention to these drivers given their substantial impact on biodiversity loss, climate change and food security.
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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.
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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.
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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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Trase unveils new five-year strategy
Trase’s strategy for 2025–2030 aims to deliver systemic change in commodity markets, supply chains and production landscapes.
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Trase and ClientEarth provide guidance on using geospatial data to enforce and comply with the EUDR
Existing publicly available geospatial data can help companies and competent authorities meet the requirements of the EU deforestation regulation, according to a report by Trase commissioned by ClientEarth. But it is important that they are aware of how best to use it.
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Forest IQ and Trase help investors implement TNFD
Robeco, Schroders, Federated Hermes and Storebrand are among the financial institutions that have used Forest IQ – which uses Trase data – to assess their deforestation exposure, enabling them to implement recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures.
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Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru revealed as deforestation hotspots
Deforestation in the Amazonian regions of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru is of increasing concern due to the expansion of cropland for soy, cocoa, maize, rice and cassava, according to a new report by Chalmers University of Technology, Stockholm Environment Institute, Trase and WWF.
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Trase and AdAstra: Powering action on carbon emissions from land conversion
Trase data enables organisations to map supply chains, understand risks and opportunities, inform decision making and communicate progress towards sustainability goals.
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Cocoa traders fall short on supplier disclosure in Ghana
Companies exporting cocoa from Ghana are failing to publicly demonstrate that their supplies are not grown on deforested land, according to research by Trase, raising questions over their sustainability commitments and their preparedness to comply with the EU deforestation regulation.
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Doubts over legal compliance put Brazil’s soy exports to the EU at risk
Traders will struggle to prove that soy from Brazil complies with its environmental laws due to gaps in official data, potentially reducing sales to the EU, according to a report by Trase and Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV).
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Supporting the EU deforestation regulation’s benchmarking system
Trase and Proforest have published recommendations for establishing a fair and effective risk benchmarking to underpin the EU deforestation regulation.
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Brazilian soy and deforestation: challenges and opportunities
A Trase webinar to launch new data on soy production in Brazil discussed the EU ‘due diligence’ regulation, China’s role as key export market and a risk-based approach to reducing deforestation.
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Can Indonesia continue to reduce palm oil deforestation?
Indonesia has achieved a dramatic reduction in deforestation linked to palm oil production, new research by Trase shows. But further measures will be needed to continue progress as China sources increasing amounts of palm oil with a higher deforestation risk.
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EU urged to widen deforestation law
A narrow focus on protecting forests could increase pressure on other ecosystems in South America where most of the EU’s commodity-driven deforestation exposure is found.
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Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products
Implementation of the draft regulation could be improved by using robust risk assessment to target action on areas threatened most by deforestation.
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Trase highlights UK’s role in financing deforestation
UK financiers provided over £40 billion to companies at risk of causing deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia through their trade in beef, soy and palm oil, according to analysis by Trase Finance.
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Trase launches beef app to empower consumers in Brazil
Trase has launched a new smartphone app that informs supermarket customers in Brazil about the environmental and social performance of the meat products that they purchase.
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Trase data highlights EU's role in deforestation
Trase research is an important part of a new WWF report into tropical deforestation associated with EU agricultural commodity imports.
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Investors welcome ‘powerful tool’ to manage deforestation risk
Investors have a powerful new tool to identify hotspots of deforestation risk in their portfolios, improve how they measure ESG performance and create innovative green products.
17 min read
EU Deforestation Regulation explained
Trase outlines the key provisions of the EUDR and highlights some of the challenges with implementing the regulation.
4 min read
Trase warns against removing leather from EU Deforestation Regulation
The European Commission is proposing to remove leather from the EUDR, despite it being linked to a substantial part of the EU’s deforestation footprint. Rather than making last minute changes to the scope of the regulation, the Commission should focus on effective implementation.
7 min read
The Beijing-Brasília effect: Unlocking South-South cooperation for sustainable trade
Can Brazil and China use their outsized influence over the global trade in agricultural commodities to reduce deforestation, limit climate change and support food security?
Also in
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