UK ‘risks sending mixed signals’ with approach to global deforestation rules
by Rebecca Speare-Cole
Mar 26, 2024
3 minutes
The Government risks sending “mixed signals” with its current approach to developing new rules aimed at preventing global forest loss, MPs have warned.
Government plans will see businesses prohibited from using or selling goods containing palm oil, cocoa, beef, leather and soy linked to illegal deforestation under the 2021 Environment Act.
But ministers are yet to publish the legislation or set a date for the rules to come into
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