# The EU and tropical deforestation

> Authors Simon Bager and Martin Persson summarised their analysis of 1,141 proposals, grouped into 86 ideas, for curbing tropical deforestation linked to EU consumption. They highlight two promising measures with strong stakeholder support and note the EU plans legislative proposals this year.

- Date: 2021-03-31 · published 2021-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48153-the-eu-and-tropical-deforestation
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The EU's planned deforestation legislation could eventually tighten sourcing of palm oil, soybeans and other feed-related imports. For feed buyers this is a medium-term compliance and cost consideration rather than a near-term price driver.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | +3.5% | +8.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-06-06 | [Driving forward European action on tropical deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58615-driving-forward-european-action-on-tropical-deforestation.md) | -3.2% | -3.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-11 | [EU consumption drives ‘import’ of tropical deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59612-eu-consumption-drives-import-of-tropical-deforestation.md) | +0.1% | -8.8% |
| 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% |
| PALMOIL | 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) | +0.1% | +9.3% |
| SOY | 2019-04-11 | [EU consumption drives ‘import’ of tropical deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59612-eu-consumption-drives-import-of-tropical-deforestation.md) | -2.5% | -11.3% |
| SOY | 2019-06-06 | [Driving forward European action on tropical deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58615-driving-forward-european-action-on-tropical-deforestation.md) | +0.9% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 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) | +2.0% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- theecologist.org: https://theecologist.org/2021/apr/01/eu-and-tropical-deforestation

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