RÉACTION DES ONG IVOIRIENNES A LA RÉPONSE DE MONDELEZ SUR LA MISE EN ŒUVRE DU REGLEMENT SUR LA DEFORESTATION DE L’UNION EUROPENNE (RDUE)

Thirty-five Ivorian NGOs have issued a statement opposing Mondelez's call for a 12-month postponement of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The NGOs argue that delays would prolong environmental and social degradation in Côte d'Ivoire, where deforestation rates exceed 80%. They reject Mondelez's claims that lack of planter identification and administrative inefficiency justify a delay, asserting instead that the EUDR provides the necessary impetus to finalize long-delayed mapping and identification processes and strengthen government systems.

• The signatory NGOs oppose Mondelez's request for a 12-month delay of the EUDR, stating that such a postponement would worsen existing issues and prolong "dérives environnementales et sociales".
• Côte d'Ivoire, the world's top cocoa producer, has a deforestation rate of over 80%, while Ghana, the second largest producer, is described as being in a similarly critical situation.
• The NGOs argue that the mapping of plantations and identification of planters have been announced as complete for several years, and the EUDR should serve as the catalyst to finally publish and use this data.
• The group asserts that administrative gaps and the lack of planter ID cards should not be used as pretexts for delay, but rather as opportunities for governments to strengthen systems to meet international requirements.

APA

Mighty Earth (2025). RÉACTION DES ONG IVOIRIENNES A LA RÉPONSE DE MONDELEZ SUR LA MISE EN ŒUVRE DU REGLEMENT SUR LA DEFORESTATION DE L’UNION EUROPENNE (RDUE). https://mightyearth.org/article/reaction-des-ong-ivoiriennes-a-la-reponse-de-mondelez-sur-la-mise-en-oeuvre-du-rdue/

Chicago

Mighty Earth. RÉACTION DES ONG IVOIRIENNES A LA RÉPONSE DE MONDELEZ SUR LA MISE EN ŒUVRE DU REGLEMENT SUR LA DEFORESTATION DE L’UNION EUROPENNE (RDUE). 2025. https://mightyearth.org/article/reaction-des-ong-ivoiriennes-a-la-reponse-de-mondelez-sur-la-mise-en-oeuvre-du-rdue/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{mightyearth2025raction, author = {{Mighty Earth}}, title = {{RÉACTION DES ONG IVOIRIENNES A LA RÉPONSE DE MONDELEZ SUR LA MISE EN ŒUVRE DU REGLEMENT SUR LA DEFORESTATION DE L’UNION EUROPENNE (RDUE)}}, publisher = {Mighty Earth}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://mightyearth.org/article/reaction-des-ong-ivoiriennes-a-la-reponse-de-mondelez-sur-la-mise-en-oeuvre-du-rdue/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }