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The EU’s new anti-deforestation law has severe loopholes that could be exploited by the forthcoming EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The EU deforestation regulation promises global green leadership, however, loopholes may lead to an increase in the trade of deforestation-implicit agricultural products. Ratification of the EU-MERCOSUR free trade agreement could exploit this situation.

Source: Environmental Research Letters

DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad69ab

Authors: Richard Fuchs, Joanna Raymond, Karina Winkler, Mark Rounsevell

Institutions: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, University of Edinburgh

Language: English

Topic: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,820