# Delara Burkhardt fears lack of ambition in future European law against global deforestation imported into EU | AGENCE EUROPE

> MEP Delara Burkhardt warned that the Commission's draft impact assessment focuses too narrowly on forests and omits ecosystems such as the Cerrado and Pantanal in Brazil. She said the future law, expected in December, must address human rights impacts.

- Date: 2021-09-16 · published 2021-09-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45101-delara-burkhardt-fears-lack-of-ambition-in-future-european-law-against-global
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A broader scope covering Brazilian savannah soy and beef would widen compliance requirements for major feed ingredient exporters, a potential future cost factor for soybean meal.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-10-20 | [Future rules against imported deforestation in EU, Greens/EFA Group reiterates European Parliament’s expectations \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44587-future-rules-against-imported-deforestation-in-eu-greens-efa-group-reiterates.md) | +0.8% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2020-07-01 | [Fight against EU-induced deforestation requires a duty of care, according to draft ‘Burkhardt report’ \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52141-fight-against-eu-induced-deforestation-requires-a-duty-of-care-according-to.md) | +1.2% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2020-04-27 | [Sustainable Palm Oil, in line with European proposals against imported deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53663-sustainable-palm-oil-in-line-with-european-proposals-against-imported.md) | +1.8% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2020-06-02 | [EU soy imports linked to illegal deforestation in Brazil – Global Canopy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52639-eu-soy-imports-linked-to-illegal-deforestation-in-brazil-global-canopy.md) | +2.9% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2024-12-18 | [Postponement by one year of formally adopted regulation on imported deforestation, after eight months of uncertainty \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26994-postponement-by-one-year-of-formally-adopted-regulation-on-imported.md) | -0.2% | +4.3% |
| SBM | 2020-07-01 | [Fight against EU-induced deforestation requires a duty of care, according to draft ‘Burkhardt report’ \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52141-fight-against-eu-induced-deforestation-requires-a-duty-of-care-according-to.md) | +1.9% | +0.2% |
| SBM | 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) | -3.5% | -5.8% |
| SBM | 2022-04-21 | [Combating imported deforestation in EU, Christophe Hansen caught between ambition and pragmatism \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41865-combating-imported-deforestation-in-eu-christophe-hansen-caught-between.md) | -4.1% | -12.1% |

## Sources

- agenceurope.eu: https://agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/article/12793/6/delara-burkhardt-fears-lack-of-ambition-in-future-european-law-against-global-deforestation-imported-into-eu

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