German forest industry takes issue with EUDR

In an open letter to the German Federal Government, the German forestry and wood products sector argue that the “the impending bureaucratic hurdles and high technical requirements” of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) “will prevent all market participants from maintaining free access to the markets and small private forest owners will be left behind”. They also complain that “the documentation, digitisation and administrative effort for large and medium-sized companies in the forestry and wood industry will be disproportionately high in relation to the benefit of the regulation”. The challenge to the EUDR came in an open letter issued ...