How Much Deforestation Do EUDR ‘High-Risk’ Countries Actually Have?

How much deforestation do EUDR ‘high-risk’ countries actually have?

The EU has announced the four countries that will be considered 'high-risk' under the EUDR - Myanmar, Russia, North Korea, and Belarus. What is the deforestation risk for these countries?

EUDR risk classifications omit governance & enforcement failures, critics say

SINGAPORE - The EU's landmark anti-deforestation law is under fire for a risk classification system that critics say overlooks illegal logging and governance failures - potentially undermining the very goal of halting forest loss. The EUDR's benchmarking system, which affects the level of checks and requirements faced by exporters and EU importers alike, appears to focus overwhelmingly on deforestation metrics and existing EU political sanctions…

Beyond the country benchmarks: What the EUDR low-risk classifications mean in practice

Beyond the country benchmarks: What the EUDR low-risk classifications mean in practice Preferred by Nature Tue, 06/03/2025 - 13:30 Beyond the country benchmarks: What the EUDR low-risk classifications mean in practice Cattle Cocoa Coffee Palm Oil Rubber Soy Timber On 22 May 2025, the European Commission published its first set of country risk classifications under the EUDR. These classifications are based on trends in deforestation and agricult…