Mapping policy for how the EU can reduce its impact on tropical deforestation
EU imports of products including palm oil, soybeans, and beef contribute significantly to deforestation in other parts of the world. In a new study, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the University of Louvain, Belgium, evaluated over a thousand policy proposals for how the EU could reduce this impact, to assess which would have the largest potential to reduce deforestation – while also being politically feasible.“Unsurprisingly, there is weaker support for tougher regulations, such as import restrictions on certain goods. But our study shows that