HANDS OFF THE EU DEFORESTATION REGULATION

A coalition of civil society organisations calls on EU authorities to reject a proposed twelve-month delay to the EU deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR), arguing that such a postponement undermines the European Green Deal and rewards companies profiting from environmental destruction.

• The EU deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) is described as a "world-first" effort to combat deforestation, forest degradation, and human rights impacts linked to the European consumption and production of specific commodities, including beef, leather, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, timber, rubber, and soy.
• The signatories argue that delaying the EUDR's application would reward companies that continue to profit from environmental destruction and penalise those that have already invested resources to comply with the regulation.
• The proposed delay is viewed as a threat to the integrity of EU policymaking and the European Green Deal, potentially signalling to other major consuming nations that regulatory measures for deforestation-free supply chains can be postponed.

APA

ClientEarth (2024). HANDS OFF THE EU DEFORESTATION REGULATION. https://www.clientearth.org/media/h4diqpa2/cso-statement_eudr_delay_october-2024.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. HANDS OFF THE EU DEFORESTATION REGULATION. 2024. https://www.clientearth.org/media/h4diqpa2/cso-statement_eudr_delay_october-2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=ClientEarth |title=HANDS OFF THE EU DEFORESTATION REGULATION |date=15 October 2024 |url=https://www.clientearth.org/media/h4diqpa2/cso-statement_eudr_delay_october-2024.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2024hands, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{HANDS OFF THE EU DEFORESTATION REGULATION}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/h4diqpa2/cso-statement_eudr_delay_october-2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }