Eight U.S. wood groups seek delay of EUDR

A consortium of eight U.S. wood-related trade groups signed a letter requesting the European Commission to push back the mandatory compliance deadline of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by 24 months. The EUDR was implemented last June to limit the EU market’s impact on global deforestation and forest degradation, as well as to promote deforestation-free supply chains, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and protect human rights. Compliance of the EUDR is scheduled to begin at December 30 of this year. Large companies trading in the wood marketplace will have to prove that their commodities do not ...