# Government regulation is the missing ingredient in efforts to end deforestation driven by agriculture (commentary)

> A Fern commentary argues that government regulation is needed to end agriculture-driven tropical deforestation, citing research that at least 10 million hectares of tropical forest are lost or degraded annually. It notes more than 470 food and agriculture companies have pledged no-deforestation supply chains by 2020, but commitments are weak.

- Date: 2018-06-26 · published 2018-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64537-government-regulation-is-the-missing-ingredient-in-efforts-to-end-deforestation
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Calls for EU regulation of commodities such as soy, palm oil and beef signal possible future import constraints, but no binding measure is announced, so price impact is minimal.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2026-02-11 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is amended: what is the EUDR and what must companies do now?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20606-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-eudr-is-amended-what-is-the-eudr-and-what-must.md) | -0.8% | +7.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-04-08 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation is a complex and costly undertaking - Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30767-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-is-a-complex-and-costly-undertaking-rabobank.md) | -1.3% | -10.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-07-12 | [European Commission updates scope of products covered by ‘deforestation regulation’ \| AGENCE EUROPE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18355-european-commission-updates-scope-of-products-covered-by-deforestation.md) | +0.5% | +3.0% |
| 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 | 2023-04-20 | [EU Regulation on deforestation-free products: What comes next for importers / exporters of agricultural commodities? \| BLOMSTEIN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36440-eu-regulation-on-deforestation-free-products-what-comes-next-for-importers.md) | -1.0% | -8.6% |
| SOY | 2017-05-02 | [FiBL - Report on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and deforestation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71041-fibl-report-on-the-eu-common-agricultural-policy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.3% | -4.8% |
| SOY | 2017-05-04 | [Drawing out links between the Common Agricultural Policy, soy, and deforestation in South America - Fern](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71038-drawing-out-links-between-the-common-agricultural-policy-soy-and-deforestation.md) | -0.4% | -5.5% |
| SOY | 2026-02-11 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is amended: what is the EUDR and what must companies do now?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20606-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-eudr-is-amended-what-is-the-eudr-and-what-must.md) | +1.0% | +6.9% |

## Sources

- news.mongabay.com: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/government-regulation-is-the-missing-ingredient-in-efforts-to-end-deforestation-driven-by-agriculture-commentary/

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