The voices of over 200,000 citizens that sent personalised messages to Members of the European Parliament asking them to protect forests have been heard. MEPs voted today for significant improvements of the proposal of the European Commission for a regulation on deforestation-free products.
MEPs in the European Parliament s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety support a stronger EU Deforestation law, however not as strong as they had aimed in their proposal for legislation in 2020.
The European Commission is planning to adopt a combination of mandatory and voluntary due diligence rules later this year to prevent global deforestation in its supply chains, marking a sharp turn away from its reliance on voluntary schemes.