Press Release
The UK government has announced its intention to publish regulations on ending the UK’s consumption of commodities grown on illegally deforested land. A consultation on the regulations will be launched shortly.
The government and has also signalled its longer-term intention to require products to be produced free from any deforestation, as the EU has done.
This is a welcome but long-overdue step.
The regulations will trigger a review by HM Treasury into the financing of deforestation, which is urgently needed.
