EU Brands Just Four Countries as 'High Risk' Under Deforestation Law
Commodities from just four countries will face the strictest checks under the European Union's anti-deforestation law, with major forest nations including Brazil and Indonesia spared the toughest rules.
In a legal act published on Thursday, the European Commission said the law would categorise goods imported from Belarus, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia as a "high risk" of fuelling deforestation.
Countries including Brazil and Indonesia, which have historically been among the countries with the highest rates of deforestation, will be labelled as "standard risk"
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