Brazil and the Amazon Rainforest
Deforestation, biodiversity and cooperation with the EU and international forums
Deforestation, biodiversity and cooperation with the EU and international forums
For the largest tropical rainforest on Earth, an aggravated forest fire and deforestation regime in Amazonia put at risk the world's richest biodiversity assets and a major climate regulator. For the EU27, it highlights the need to associate the question of embodied deforestation consumption by placing deforestationfree supply chains at the centre of negotiations surrounding the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, given the volume of trade between these economic blocs in meat, leather, soy, coffee, rubber, wood pulp, biofuel and timber.
This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
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