An EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation: European added value assessment
Deforestation caused by agricultural activity is continuing at an alarming rate, threatening irreplaceable tropical forests that, among other things, are crucial for fighting climate change. The EU bears its share of responsibility for this environmental loss, as it is one of the major importers of several forest-risk commodities. To date, action has been taken at different levels to stop commodity-driven deforestation. Nevertheless, the impact on forest loss has been low as deforestation continues and new hot spots occur. There has been a recent commitment at EU level to propose new measures to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market. This European added value assessment (EAVA) accompanies the European Parliament's own-initiative legislative report calling on the European Commission to take legislative action on the matter. The EAVA looks at why EU action is needed and analyses four potential demand-side regulatory policy options at EU level. A quantitative analysis reveals that to varying extents, all options have the potential to reduce EU-driven deforestation and associated carbon emissions, while having a relatively small impact on the EU economy
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- AFACERI ŞI CONCURENŢĂ
- AGRICULTURĂ, SILVICULTURĂ ŞI PESCUIT
- analiză cantitativă
- analiză economică
- analiză economică
- cercetare şi proprietate intelectuală
- comerţ
- COMERŢ
- conservarea pădurii
- construcţie europeană
- contabilitate
- degradarea mediului înconjurător
- despădurire
- documentare
- ECONOMIE
- EDUCAŢIE COMUNICARE ŞI COMUNICAŢII
- import (UE)
- industria lemnului
- INDUSTRIE
- lemn tropical
- MEDIU ÎNCONJURĂTOR
- politica mediului înconjurător
- PRODUCŢIE, TEHNOLOGIE ŞI CERCETARE
- protecția florei
- raport de cercetare
- reducerea emisiilor de gaze cu efect de seră
- rolul internațional al UE
- schimbare climatică
- silvicultură
- UNIUNEA EUROPEANĂ
- valoare adăugată