EU moves quickly to adopt law banning products contributing to deforestation ahead of UN Biodiversity Conference

The long-awaited second part of COP-15 this December, which is the continuation of the UN Biodiversity Conference from October 2021, has put the European Parliament and Council under pressure to finalise the draft Deforestation Regulation that was first announced on 17 November 2021. In this blog we look at the main outstanding issues that need…