Nearly three dozen Brazilian environmental groups urge EU to pass an aggressive legislation to ban all imports linked to deforestation, criticising 'gaps' in a draft bill
Brazilian environmental groups have urged the European Union to pass aggressive legislation banning all imports linked to deforestation, criticising "gaps" in a draft bill.
The groups said the draft proposal is "necessary and positive," but needs "improvements" to truly fight deforestation in exporting countries such as Brazil, home to 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest and a leading exporter of many of those products. They said the draft plan, presented in November, defines "forests" too narrowly. It excludes the majority of several key ecosystems in Brazil, including the Pantanal wetlands, the Cerrado savannah and the Pampa lowlands, they said.
"On large farms, an owner may maintain a deforestation-free production area for export to Europe and another area for deforestation," they said.Indigenous peoples' rights
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