# A by-the-numbers look at how EU appetites drive deforestation – POLITICO

> A WWF report using Stockholm Environment Institute Trase data finds the EU is the world's second-largest driver of tropical deforestation after China. It links EU imports of key commodities to the loss of an estimated 3.5 million hectares of tropical forest between 2005 and 2017. Soy and palm oil account for most of the EU-driven deforestation.

- Date: 2021-04-14 · published 2021-04-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47630-a-by-the-numbers-look-at-how-eu-appetites-drive-deforestation-politico
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A proposed EU due-diligence rule on deforestation-linked imports could raise compliance costs or restrict sourcing of soy and palm oil. That could tighten supply of these feed and oil inputs over time, though the proposal is not yet law.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | -3.4% | -9.4% |
| SBM | 2020-06-30 | [Closing the accountability loop on commodity-driven deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52637-closing-the-accountability-loop-on-commodity-driven-deforestation.md) | +4.6% | +3.0% |
| 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 | 2021-04-26 | [On the EU’s plate every day: deforestation and natural destruction](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47636-on-the-eu-s-plate-every-day-deforestation-and-natural-destruction.md) | +1.2% | -4.4% |
| SBM | 2018-03-20 | [Greenpeace urges EU to do more to halt palm-oil driven deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66023-greenpeace-urges-eu-to-do-more-to-halt-palm-oil-driven-deforestation.md) | +4.6% | +6.3% |
| SOY | 2025-10-21 | [Brussels U-turns on anti-deforestation law delay – POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22428-brussels-u-turns-on-anti-deforestation-law-delay-politico.md) | +3.4% | +12.2% |
| SOY | 2021-03-31 | [The EU and tropical deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48153-the-eu-and-tropical-deforestation.md) | +3.1% | +14.0% |
| SOY | 2021-03-29 | [Mapping policy for how the EU can reduce its impact on tropical deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48152-mapping-policy-for-how-the-eu-can-reduce-its-impact-on-tropical-deforestation.md) | +0.9% | +12.0% |

## Sources

- politico.eu: https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-food-tropical-deforestation-climate-change/

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