Parliament vote a ‘watershed’ moment in fight to stop EU-driven deforestation

The European Commission must propose rules forcing companies to ensure the products they import into the EU are not linked to global deforestation, MEPs agreed on Thursday as they adopted a parliamentary report calling on the executive to act.

by Robert Hodgson
Greenpeace activists set off smoke flares in protest at ongoing damage to the Amazon rainforest (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
Greenpeace activists set off smoke flares in protest at ongoing damage to the Amazon rainforest (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

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