The latest global impact of the European Green Deal and how
sustainable intensification may provide some solutions
It is T-minus 7 days to the entry into force1 of
Regulation (EU) 2023/11152 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on the making available on the
Union market and the export from the European Union (EU) of certain
commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest
degradation. This is the latest of the legislative pillars of The
European Green Deal.3
As a regulation, it will be directly applicable in all EU Member
States4 whereas its policy goals are global - minimizing
global deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity
loss - and will have effect worldwide. There are
currently5 seven commodities and products within the
scope of the Regulation: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber,
soya and wood. The Regulation sets out the rules that will govern
the entry of such 'forest-risk commodities' on the
