# France’s deforestation strategy – a good starting point - Fern

> France's national strategy against embodied deforestation from imports of soy, palm oil, beef, cocoa and wood held its first steering committee meeting on 7 May 2019. Officials said international support for deforestation initiatives is weak, citing opposition from Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and the United States.

- Date: 2019-05-31 · published 2019-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59114-france-s-deforestation-strategy-a-good-starting-point-fern
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Calls for deforestation-linked import restrictions on soy and palm oil add long-term demand risk for those commodities, though no immediate supply change is announced.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2024-04-01 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation: Getting started now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31227-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-getting-started-now.md) | -0.5% | -2.7% |
| SOY | 2020-11-10 | [The European Parliament takes a bold stance on legislation to tackle imported deforestation - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50183-the-european-parliament-takes-a-bold-stance-on-legislation-to-tackle-imported.md) | +4.4% | +3.7% |
| SOY | 2018-02-28 | [Halting deforestation – a critical contribution from the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66514-halting-deforestation-a-critical-contribution-from-the-eu.md) | +2.6% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2023-01-01 | [Regulation on Deforestation-free Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38269-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products.md) | -1.0% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2021-11-17 | [EU proposes law preventing import of goods linked to deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44100-eu-proposes-law-preventing-import-of-goods-linked-to-deforestation.md) | +1.7% | +0.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-04-01 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation: Getting started now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31227-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-getting-started-now.md) | +3.0% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-11-10 | [The European Parliament takes a bold stance on legislation to tackle imported deforestation - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50183-the-european-parliament-takes-a-bold-stance-on-legislation-to-tackle-imported.md) | +3.2% | +6.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-02-28 | [Halting deforestation – a critical contribution from the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66514-halting-deforestation-a-critical-contribution-from-the-eu.md) | -0.9% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- fern.org: https://www.fern.org/publications-insight/article/frances-deforestation-strategy-a-good-starting-point-1971/

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