# Denmark leading the way against deforestation in the EU - The Copenhagen Post

> Denmark's environment and food minister, as current president of the Amsterdam Declarations Partnership, sent a letter urging the EU Commission to produce an action plan on deforestation. The partnership focuses on deforestation-free palm oil, soy and cocoa supply chains.

- Date: 2018-11-09 · published 2018-11-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62076-denmark-leading-the-way-against-deforestation-in-the-eu-the-copenhagen-post
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Denmark imports about 1.4 to 1.9 million tonnes of soybean meal a year, so EU deforestation rules could eventually affect its feed sourcing. The letter is a policy signal rather than a market-moving measure.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: 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 | 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 | 2020-07-01 | [Fight against EU-induced deforestation requires a duty of care, according to draft ‘Burkhardt report’ \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52141-fight-against-eu-induced-deforestation-requires-a-duty-of-care-according-to.md) | +1.9% | +0.2% |
| SBM | 2020-06-18 | [Deforestation in Amazon, MEPs call on EU not to be complicit in it \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52640-deforestation-in-amazon-meps-call-on-eu-not-to-be-complicit-in-it-agence-europe.md) | -0.4% | -0.3% |
| SBM | 2021-01-13 | [The EU's watershed deforestation moment? - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49162-the-eu-and-039-s-watershed-deforestation-moment-fern.md) | -3.0% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2022-06-30 | [Industry warns against EU’s traceability plans to prevent deforestation – POLITICO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40967-industry-warns-against-eu-s-traceability-plans-to-prevent-deforestation-politico.md) | -5.0% | -3.9% |
| 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 | 2020-04-27 | [Sustainable Palm Oil, in line with European proposals against imported deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53663-sustainable-palm-oil-in-line-with-european-proposals-against-imported.md) | +1.8% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- cphpost.dk: https://cphpost.dk/2018-11-09/news/denmark-leading-the-way-against-deforestation-in-the-eu/

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