# EU: To End Deforestation, Protect Land Rights | Human Rights Watch

> More than 191 Indigenous, environmental and human rights organizations from 62 countries urged the EU to tie its draft deforestation regulation to respect for community land rights. The draft restricts imports of cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soy and wood grown on land deforested after 2020.

- Date: 2022-01-27 · published 2022-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43169-eu-to-end-deforestation-protect-land-rights-human-rights-watch
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Advocacy pressure could widen the scope of EU import restrictions on soy and cattle products, but the proposal is not yet law, so the price impact is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-01-31 | [Critical Moment for the EU Anti-Deforestation Law \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26536-critical-moment-for-the-eu-anti-deforestation-law-human-rights-watch.md) | +1.6% | -3.1% |
| SOY | 2021-08-09 | [Supply Chain Laws to Fight Deforestation Must Back Indigenous Rights \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45584-supply-chain-laws-to-fight-deforestation-must-back-indigenous-rights-human.md) | +0.1% | -9.8% |
| SOY | 2022-06-07 | [EU urged to widen deforestation law - Insights - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40969-eu-urged-to-widen-deforestation-law-insights-trase.md) | +0.5% | -7.0% |
| SOY | 2020-07-10 | [EU’s trade deals can put an end to deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52143-eu-s-trade-deals-can-put-an-end-to-deforestation.md) | -0.5% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2024-10-02 | [EU proposes to delay landmark anti-deforestation law by 12 months](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27893-eu-proposes-to-delay-landmark-anti-deforestation-law-by-12-months.md) | -3.9% | -8.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-01-31 | [Critical Moment for the EU Anti-Deforestation Law \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26536-critical-moment-for-the-eu-anti-deforestation-law-human-rights-watch.md) | -0.9% | -3.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-06-07 | [EU urged to widen deforestation law - Insights - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40969-eu-urged-to-widen-deforestation-law-insights-trase.md) | +1.2% | +3.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-01-06 | [Deforestation: proposed EU import ban may fail to protect tropical rainforests and farmers – here’s how it should work](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37818-deforestation-proposed-eu-import-ban-may-fail-to-protect-tropical-rainforests.md) | +0.0% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- hrw.org: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/27/eu-end-deforestation-protect-land-rights

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