# How data can make the EU's deforestation regulation fair and workable – Global Canopy

> Global Canopy argues that the EU deforestation regulation needs clear, data-driven country and regional risk classifications to be fair and workable. It notes that agriculture drives over 90% of tropical deforestation and that the law is now passed. The piece warns that some critics have called the rules protectionist.

- Date: 2023-06-02 · published 2023-06-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35531-how-data-can-make-the-eu-s-deforestation-regulation-fair-and-workable-global
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

How the EU classifies countries by deforestation risk will determine which origins face stricter checks, affecting soy and other commodity flows. Clear rules would reduce trade uncertainty.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-03-21 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products – Global Canopy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42305-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-global-canopy.md) | +2.5% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2019-02-28 | [Stepping up EU action on deforestation and forest degradation – Global Canopy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60626-stepping-up-eu-action-on-deforestation-and-forest-degradation-global-canopy.md) | -1.5% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2024-12-04 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation: an update and what it means for companies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26993-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-an-update-and-what-it-means-for-companies.md) | +0.3% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2023-07-20 | [What is the EU Deforestation Regulation? - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35077-what-is-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-fern.md) | +3.7% | -10.5% |
| SOY | 2025-09-18 | [EUDR: the EU's move to limit global deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22882-eudr-the-eu-s-move-to-limit-global-deforestation.md) | -3.3% | -3.6% |
| SBM | 2022-03-21 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products – Global Canopy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42305-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-global-canopy.md) | +1.4% | -3.3% |
| SBM | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | -3.4% | -9.4% |
| SBM | 2023-08-22 | [EU Adopts New Regulation To Reduce Global Deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34614-eu-adopts-new-regulation-to-reduce-global-deforestation.md) | +3.5% | -4.2% |

## Sources

- globalcanopy.org: https://globalcanopy.org/insights/insight/how-data-can-make-the-eus-deforestation-regulation-fair-and-workable/

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