# An area twice the size of the UK lost to deforestation in a decade - report | WWF

> Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil industry representatives were urged to engage early with new EU and UK sustainability regulatory initiatives. A lawyer said measures should be product-neutral and based on verifiable science to avoid discrimination. The remarks were made at the virtual POTS Digital 2021 seminar.

- Date: 2021-01-13 · published 2021-01-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49165-an-area-twice-the-size-of-the-uk-lost-to-deforestation-in-a-decade-report-wwf
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Potential EU sustainability rules could weigh on palm oil export demand to Europe, a factor for vegetable oil and meal pricing.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2025-07-10 | [A 2025 Overview of the new EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23773-a-2025-overview-of-the-new-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | +0.9% | +3.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-05-23 | [From bean to bar: Locating and Reporting Cocoa Supply Chain Data Under the EU Deforestation Regulation - Bird & Bird](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30264-from-bean-to-bar-locating-and-reporting-cocoa-supply-chain-data-under-the-eu.md) | +0.6% | +1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-09-26 | [Is the European Union Deforestation Regulation WTO-Proof? – ECIPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28330-is-the-european-union-deforestation-regulation-wto-proof-ecipe.md) | +8.4% | +9.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-06-13 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24239-the-eu-deforestation-regulation.md) | +3.5% | +8.0% |

## Sources

- wwfmmi.org: https://www.wwfmmi.org/?1893816%2FAn-area-twice-the-size-of-the-UK-lost-to-deforestation-in-a-decade---report=

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