# Editorial: Towards Reducing the EU’s Global Deforestation Footprint?

> An academic editorial in European Foreign Affairs Review examines whether the EU can reduce its global deforestation footprint. It cites UNEP/FAO data showing about 420 million hectares of forest lost over three decades, mainly to agricultural expansion and illegal logging driven partly by trade.

- Date: 2022-10-01 · published 2022-10-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39166-editorial-towards-reducing-the-eu-s-global-deforestation-footprint
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

It frames EU import rules on forest-risk commodities such as soy, palm oil, beef and cocoa, which could reshape sourcing and trade flows for feed ingredients over time.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-01-04 | [The EU’s Game-Changing Law to Fight Global Deforestation \| Earth.Org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37817-the-eu-s-game-changing-law-to-fight-global-deforestation-earth-org.md) | +1.5% | +2.2% |
| 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% |
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| SOY | 2021-10-26 | [Reducing scope of EU anti-deforestation law misguided, say scientists \| Deforestation \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44586-reducing-scope-of-eu-anti-deforestation-law-misguided-say-scientists.md) | -0.0% | +3.0% |
| PALMOIL | 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) | -0.3% | -3.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-01-04 | [The EU’s Game-Changing Law to Fight Global Deforestation \| Earth.Org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37817-the-eu-s-game-changing-law-to-fight-global-deforestation-earth-org.md) | -4.5% | -7.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-09-01 | [Global impact of the EU’s anti-deforestation law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34617-global-impact-of-the-eu-s-anti-deforestation-law.md) | -4.5% | -7.0% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2022036

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