# Letter to European Commission on Land Rights in FERCs Regulation Proposal | Human Rights Watch

> Human Rights Watch sent a letter to the European Commission urging it to include land rights and human rights protections in its forthcoming regulation on forest and ecosystem risk commodities (FERCs). The letter backs recommendations from the European Parliament's October 2020 proposal.

- Date: 2021-05-17 · published 2021-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47103-letter-to-european-commission-on-land-rights-in-fercs-regulation-proposal-human
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Stricter human-rights conditions on imports of soy, palm oil and cattle products could add sourcing requirements for feed ingredients entering the EU. Any price effect is indirect and would only follow adoption of the rules.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2020-07-20 | [REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation \| A9-0179/2020 \| European Parliament](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52139-report-with-recommendations-to-the-commission-on-an-eu-legal-framework-to-halt.md) | +1.5% | +1.1% |
| SBM | 2021-01-05 | [Palm oil industry urged to have early consultation with new EU regulatory initiatives – The European Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49163-palm-oil-industry-urged-to-have-early-consultation-with-new-eu-regulatory.md) | +5.3% | +2.5% |
| SBM | 2022-03-15 | [Strengthening the EU regulation on deforestation-free products - Insights - Trase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42298-strengthening-the-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-insights-trase.md) | -6.5% | -11.2% |
| SBM | 2024-07-31 | [The impact of European Union deforestation regulation: Four lessons from Peru's journey](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29292-the-impact-of-european-union-deforestation-regulation-four-lessons-from-peru-s.md) | -1.0% | -8.2% |
| SBM | 2025-06-11 | [2025-30: Plant Exports – European Union Deforestation Regulation - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24241-2025-30-plant-exports-european-union-deforestation-regulation-daff.md) | -3.5% | -8.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-12-08 | [The European Commission’s new proposed deforestation regulation - what does it mean for indigenous peoples and forest communities? - Business and Human Rights Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43614-the-european-commission-s-new-proposed-deforestation-regulation-what-does-it.md) | -3.7% | +3.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-07-23 | [EU Communication (2019) on stepping up EU action to protect and restore the world’s forests - European Commission](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58112-eu-communication-2019-on-stepping-up-eu-action-to-protect-and-restore-the-world.md) | +0.8% | +7.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-05-14 | [EUDR Regulation: the European Commission clarifies and simplifies the framework ahead of 2026 - Fendler Salva Partners](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19290-eudr-regulation-the-european-commission-clarifies-and-simplifies-the-framework.md) | +0.6% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- hrw.org: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/05/17/letter-european-commission-land-rights-fercs-regulation-proposal

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