The new rules require sophisticated tracking systems and will be enforced using the threat of fines. Read more at straitstimes.com.
in an effort to protect the rainforests that are a buffer against catastrophic climate change. The new rules require sophisticated tracking systems and will be enforced using the threat of fines. Critics say the measures will penalise millions of small farmers across Asia, Latin America and Africa who lack the means to comply.The plan is to stop the felling of forests to grow products sold in Europe.
Much of the cleared land is used to grow export crops and raise livestock, generating even more climate-warming emissions. The EU was responsible for 16 per cent of deforestation associated with international trade in 2017, surpassed only by China, at 24 per cent, according to a 2021 report by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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