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MEPs are set to have the final say on a one-year delay to the EU's deforestation law in mid-November — after governments gave their approval (Photo: CIFOR)

MEPs set to agree 12-month delay to EU deforestation law

A plea by over 200 civil society groups for EU lawmakers to reject plans by the EU Commission to delay the bloc’s anti-deforestation law is set to fall on deaf ears.  

MEPs are set to vote on a proposed one-year delay to implement the regulation during a European Parliament plenary session in Brusse...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

MEPs are set to have the final say on a one-year delay to the EU's deforestation law in mid-November — after governments gave their approval (Photo: CIFOR)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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