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Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Louvain in Belgium analyzed thousands of policy recommendations for how the EU should reduce deforestation in a recent report, deciding which had the greater potential to reduce deforestation while still being politically feasible.
(Photo : Photo by Dimas Ardian/Getty Images) Surprisingly, support for stricter controls, such as import bans on certain products, is lower. However, our research shows that there is widespread support for such initiatives that can mitigate imported deforestation According to Martin Persson, a Chalmers University of Technology Associate Professor of Physical Resource Theory.
EU s Impact on Deforestation
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