Neocolonialism Embedded In The Eu Deforestation-Free Products Regulation (EUDR)
1. Introduction The European Union (EU) plays a historical and contemporary role in the expansion of resource extraction and exploitation at the expense of socio-ecological diversity in the production territories. Europe’s high demand for cheap food in particular can be traced back to the configuration of a hierarchy of food production, processing and consumption created […]
An Environmental Justice Approach To The Eu Deforestation-Free Products Regulation (EUDR)
1. Introduction Each year, the EU imports billions of euros worth of agricultural commodities from multiple countries around the world, in particular in the Global South, and uses a good part of them to become the largest exporter of food commodities in the world. The EU’s economic growth thus relies heavily on extraction processes at […]
The EUDR as a source of territorial shifts
1. Introduction The European Union Deforestation-Free Products Regulation (EUDR) is an EU regulation setting environmental and legality standards for products entering the EU market. It aims to reduce the EU’s impact on deforestation, forest degradation, and biodiversity loss by targeting seven high-risk agricultural commodities (soy, cattle, palm oil, wood, cocoa, coffee, and rubber). From a […]
The EU deforestation free-products regulation: a critical overview
1. Introduction In November 2021, the Commission proposed a new regulation to curb deforestation and forest degradation driven by the European Union (EU). In a bit more than a year of negotiations, in December 2022 the European Parliament and Council reached a preliminary political agreement on a text that – with some changes – then […]
Policy Brief
The EU Regulation on Deforestation Free-Products (EUDR) seen from the ground: Adapting the implementation to the complexities and aspirations of territories of production. This policy brief presents the views of researchers who make up the EPICC consortium on the regulation of commodity markets entering the European Union and their association with deforestation and forest degradation. […]
