Australia calls on the EU to delay deforestation laws
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Australia is calling on the European Union to delay its deforestation legislation because of the uncertainty it’s created for agricultural trade with the EU. From 2025 EU companies will be prevented from importing beef products from properties where deforestation had occurred over the past four years. Australia’s Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has written to the […]

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