INTERVIEW: New EU deforestation law will set global benchmark despite risk of loopholes

Published 14:39 on January 17, 2023  /  Last updated at 14:39 on January 17, 2023  / /  Biodiversity

The EU's newly-agreed law on deforestation-free supply chains across key goods entering the bloc's single market will set a global benchmark for others to follow, despite the risk of loopholes in the final text due, according to Nicole Rycroft, founder and CEO of non-profit Canopy Planet.
The EU's newly-agreed law on deforestation-free supply chains across key goods entering the bloc's single market will set a global benchmark for others to follow, despite the risk of loopholes in the final text due, according to Nicole Rycroft, founder and CEO of non-profit Canopy Planet.


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