# Coalition Urges EU To Designate Sarawak-state As ‘High-Risk’ Under New Deforestation Law

> A coalition of environmental, human rights and indigenous groups urged the EU to classify Sarawak as high risk under its new anti-deforestation regulation. They alleged millions of hectares of rainforest are at risk of clearing for timber and oil palm plantations and that Sarawak's land laws fail to protect indigenous rights.

- Date: 2019-10-22 · published 2019-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56580-coalition-urges-eu-to-designate-sarawak-state-as-high-risk-under-new
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A high-risk designation could tighten due diligence for Malaysian palm oil and timber entering the EU, a modest long-run pressure on palm oil supply chains and EU import flows.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2018-03-21 | [On UN Forests Day, new studies put EU in position to take action on deforestation - EIA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66018-on-un-forests-day-new-studies-put-eu-in-position-to-take-action-on.md) | +0.2% | +0.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-10-16 | [EU deforestation law: Council agrees to extend application timeline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27892-eu-deforestation-law-council-agrees-to-extend-application-timeline.md) | +1.1% | +13.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-01-31 | [Critical Moment for the EU Anti-Deforestation Law \| Human Rights Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26536-critical-moment-for-the-eu-anti-deforestation-law-human-rights-watch.md) | +2.1% | +6.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-01-28 | [France pushes for EU deforestation law as activists seek tougher measures  \| The National](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43171-france-pushes-for-eu-deforestation-law-as-activists-seek-tougher-measures-the.md) | +5.5% | +10.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-02-21 | [EU: Member states call for delay of EU anti-deforestation law - Business and Human Rights Centre](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42740-eu-member-states-call-for-delay-of-eu-anti-deforestation-law-business-and-human.md) | +2.9% | +11.3% |

## Sources

- theins.news: https://www.theins.news/postview/2345-coalition-urges-eu-to-designate-sarawak-state-as-high-risk-under-new-deforestation-law

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