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Hadrien Bect and François Beaudonnet receive Audrey Vuetazauthor of the Trait d’Union podcast and journalist at Public Sénate; And Marie-Christine Valletjournalist specializing in Europe.
The European Commission took a decision this week that has made environmental defenders jump: the postponement for one year of the application of the law on imported deforestation. Adopted at the end of 2022 and considered historic, the text prohibits the sale on European territory of a whole series of products resulting from deforestation, for example in South America, such as coffee, beef, soy, cocoa or even the wood.
Deforestation is a major environmental problem: over the last ten years, the world has lost 420 million hectares of forest, or 10% of the forest area on the planet. The import ban, which was to start being applied from the end of 2024, will not be applied before the end of 2025, which is causing environmentalists across Europe to jump.