{"id":1317,"date":"2026-09-10T08:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/unicorn778-the-eu-approved-an-antideforestation-law-the-us-paper-lobby-sought-to-weaken-it-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:16:29","slug":"unicorn778-the-eu-approved-an-antideforestation-law-the-us-paper-lobby-sought-to-weaken-it-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/unicorn778-the-eu-approved-an-antideforestation-law-the-us-paper-lobby-sought-to-weaken-it-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICORN778 The EU approved an antideforestation law. The US paper lobby sought to weaken it Peluang Terburuk Saat Bermain Slot Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-329218\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bulletpoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Industry groups from the U.S. and Canadian forestry sector pressured the European Union to reduce rules facing North American timber and paper goods under the new European Union Deforestation Regulation.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The American Forest &amp; Paper Association (AF&amp;PA) has spent nearly $11 million on lobbying efforts since 2023, and its political action committee contributed $272,041.63 in campaign donations since 2025.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Several lawmakers, including U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, got AF&amp;PA campaign donations and have also pressured the EU for looser regulations.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>U.S. and Canadian industry and their governments continue to campaign for exceptions to new European traceability requirements.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"content-expander\"><span>See All Key Ideas<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>When the European Union\u2019s new anti-deforestation law threatened to expose the environmental costs of logging in North America\u2019s forests, the American paper industry, supported by the U.S. government, mobilized an intense lobbying effort to weaken the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>According to lobbying disclosures, the American Forest &amp; Paper Association (AF&amp;PA), a leading trade group representing paper and wood product manufacturers, have spent nearly $11 million dollars on lobbying efforts since 2023, including on the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).<\/p>\n<p>This year, the group \u2014 which represents companies such as Procter &amp; Gamble and International Paper \u2014 has already spent $1,3 million on lobbying. AF&amp;PA\u2019s in-house lobbyists \u2014 Julie Landry, David Ross, and Clara Cozart \u2014 have repeatedly met with members of Congress as well as representatives from the Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service, the State Department, the Commerce Department, and the U.S. Trade Representative to discuss the EUDR. Officials from those agencies went on to tour European capitals pressing for exemptions to Europe\u2019s landmark deforestation rules.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign escalated last year as the EU revised the final details of the new law, which is set to take effect in December. According to the new rules, companies selling wood, paper, and certain other commodities in Europe must prove their products have not contributed to deforestation or forest degradation. Industry groups have called for the creation of a \u201cno-risk\u201d category with loosened due-diligence requirements.<\/p>\n<p>At stake is relations with a major trading partner. The U.S. exported $879.7 million worth of forest products to the EU in 2025, according to the USDA.<\/p>\n<p>Several U.S. lawmakers with connections to AF&amp;PA have also spoken out against the EUDR. Last year, Representative Austin Scott, a Republican representing a district in central Georgia, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/P_oAJOnB2jA\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">recorded<\/a> asking President Trump to intervene against the EUDR saying that they were \u201ctelling the American farmer what they can and can\u2019t do.\u201d Trump replied that he would \u201cget that changed fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other lawmakers, like senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both Republicans from Arkansas, have lashed out against the EUDR through social media posts and press releases. They, alongside several other Congress members, wrote in March 2025 to EU commissioners that they were \u201cextremely concerned that the EU may lose their trading relationship with the U.S. forest products industry\u201d unless they weakened requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Boozman, Cotton, and Scott received campaign funds from AF&amp;PA. Since 2025, AF&amp;PA\u2019s political action committee has disbursed $272,041.63 in campaign funds across the country. Boozman, co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Paper &amp; Packaging Caucus, was also one of several lawmakers who attended Capitol Hill meetings that AF&amp;AP lobbyists posted about on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2025, they <a href=\"https:\/\/forestlandowners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11.6.25-AR-Delegation-Letter-to-USTR-on-EUDR.pdf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">wrote<\/a> again to Trump-appointed U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, urging him \u201cto delay the implementation of the US-EU trade deal until this regulation is substantially reformed.\u201d This followed similar letters written in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuberville.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/Senate-Letter-to-USTR-re-EUDR2.pdf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">2024<\/a> and 2023. In 2025, the U.S. Trade Representative listed the EUDR as a problem in their annual report on trade threats.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_329227\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09021004\/b.-AP26217558349147-2-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A logging road winds through an area of trees cut down this year in the Prince of Wales Range near Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09021004\/b.-AP26217558349147-2-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09021004\/b.-AP26217558349147-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09021004\/b.-AP26217558349147-2-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09021004\/b.-AP26217558349147-2-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09021004\/b.-AP26217558349147-2-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09021004\/b.-AP26217558349147-2-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09021004\/b.-AP26217558349147-2-1-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A logging road winds through an area of trees cut down this year in the Prince of Wales Range near Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. Image by Annika Hammerschlag\/AP Photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Andrew Puzder, Trump\u2019s EU ambassador, has also been critical of the regulation. His office posted several social media posts arguing the EUDR will cause unnecessary barriers for the U.S. forest industry and violates the U.S.-EU Framework Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Puzder posted a photo on X with Jessika Roswall, the EU commissioner responsible for overseeing the EUDR, captioned \u201cA deal is a deal\u201d and saying that \u201cU.S. producers don\u2019t contribute to deforestation and shouldn\u2019t face costly geolocation requirements that increase the costs of their products with no environmental benefits. We are hopeful that the EU will address the very serious and legitimate concerns of U.S. producers and exporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delara Burkhardt, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) and a lead negotiator representing the Socialists and Democrats Group on the EUDR, confirmed to Mongabay that \u201cthe US ambassador to the EU and US government officials have also been active in Brussels to water-down the EUDR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just U.S. officials pushing to weaken the regulation. Canadian industry group Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and Canadian officials have also been outspoken against the rules. As early as 2022, the Canadian ambassador to the EU officially requested in a letter that the EU delay enforcement and reduce traceability requirements.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, FPAC and the AF&amp;PA released a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afandpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-04\/Global%20Joint%20Statement%20%20EUDR%20simplification.pdf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"> joint statement<\/a> this year \u2014 along with the Australian Forest Products Association, the Japan Paper Association, and the New Zealand Forest Owners Association \u2014 requesting reduced oversight in low-deforestation-risk countries.<\/p>\n<p>Industry experts say that U.S. and Canadian forest product industries have been more supportive of similar legislation in the past, such as the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), which has prohibited illegally harvested timber and derived products from being sold on the EU market since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>However, unlike earlier timber regulations, the EUDR prohibits products connected to degradation, not solely deforestation. Historically, international deforestation policy has focused on deforestation, when primary forest is converted into a new land use such as farmland or pastures. Degradation encompasses structural changes to a forest including conversion to a plantation forest.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of degradation opens the door to increased scrutiny toward practices in North America where traditional deforestation is less common, but forest-based industries may degrade the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. forest products industry is worth around $300 billion. Behind Brazil, Canada and the U.S. are the second- and third-largest exporters of wood pulp in the world. In 2025, the U.S. pulp and paper market was valued at more than $65 billion and is expected to continue growing.<\/p>\n<p>AF&amp;PA and FPAC argue that U.S. and Canadian exports should be exempt from EUDR requirements because of their long history of sustainable forestry practices.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Jennifer Skene, global forest policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said sustainable forestry is \u201ca term that\u2019s been thrown around to paper over what\u2019s happening on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese practices have been branded as sustainable forest management, which is a very vague term that can be manipulated into whatever the user wants it to be but has traditionally leaned towards economic stability not ecological stability,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2073-445X\/13\/1\/6\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">2023 study<\/a> using data from Ontario and Quebec provinces in Canada found that, since 1976, logging in the two provinces has caused the removal of 14 million hectares (34.7 million acres) of boreal forest, an area roughly the size of New York state. While millions of hectares remain, the forest is increasingly patchworked, less capable of supporting biodiversity and more vulnerable to wildfire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_329226\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09020945\/g.-43028496011_79a08bd1c2_o-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Fall colors, Coconino National Forest, Arizona.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09020945\/g.-43028496011_79a08bd1c2_o-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09020945\/g.-43028496011_79a08bd1c2_o-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09020945\/g.-43028496011_79a08bd1c2_o-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09020945\/g.-43028496011_79a08bd1c2_o-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09020945\/g.-43028496011_79a08bd1c2_o-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09020945\/g.-43028496011_79a08bd1c2_o-1-610x457.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall colors on the Inner Basin Trail, Coconino National Forest, Arizona. Image by Forest Service\/George Jozens via <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/usforestservice\/38437825042\/in\/photolist-21yBUeq-2bgEciH-29o46af-2cfmsKE-2bdN5Rj-2ahR4EQ-PfEnAh-2boyBfR-Pa5ReS-2cfmu2Y-Pa5Rky-Qc2uPE-2cfmxcA-28vCCKh-P8VtAf-2boyAXr-Qc2t45-2bck17Y-28wR4u7-2ahR2gG-KLHUPV-MvHzba-29Ti1ag-LhHpH9-RCwUBH-PJWuA9-28FwbEC-RCwUsz-29Gixmh-28FwbNU-MDf9fq-29Te35r-29GnhLN-MDf7kd-28oMoNi-27k6ywb-29Gnj5E-29Gnns1-28Fw7CQ-28FwbX1-2cYpNwA-29Te3R6-MDf8nU-29yn8BG-28FwaR3-29GBYFQ-28FefVq-29Giwgb-MDf8Wu-27Czt8D\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Flickr<\/a>. Public domain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Danna Smith, founder and executive director of the Dogwood Alliance, a conservation nonprofit in North Carolina, said it\u2019s a similar story in the U.S. Southeast, where native forests are converted to primarily pine plantations managed on short rotations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have trees that grow to be 1,000 years old, but you\u2019re harvesting on a 40- or 50-year rotation. So you\u2019re missing that the older a forest is the bigger the carbon sink. You\u2019re constantly limiting the forest\u2019s ability to store carbon through this large-scale clear-cutting that\u2019s happening because of the rate and scale of wood production in the south,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Industry has also pushed back against the traceability requirement at the heart of the regulation. The EUDR will require that wood and paper pulp must not originate from land deforested or degraded after Dec. 31, 2020, and companies must be able to trace their products to the exact plot of land they originated from and submit GPS coordinates of harvest tracks for timber.<\/p>\n<p>The industry argues that the traceability requirement poses significant technical and logistical challenges that might threaten trade between the U.S. and the EU.<\/p>\n<p>MEP Burkhardt\u2019s office commented that, after failing to secure a \u201cno-risk\u201d designation, industry groups are now calling for weaker geolocation requirements. Instead of providing the exact geolocation of the plot of land where the wood comes from, they are demanding only \u201cUSA\u201d or \u201cCanada\u201d should be provided as the place of origin, rather than a more precise location.<\/p>\n<p>Her office confirmed that the U.S. and Canadian forestry industry have contacted Burkhardt regarding the EUDR. However, Burkhardt has not held any meetings with their representatives. <\/p>\n<p>But Skene argued, \u201cThe fact that these holes exist at all is a problem. They\u2019re making sustainability claims and they don\u2019t know, or they say they don\u2019t know, where their products are coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Resource Institute\u2019s Global Forest Review, boreal and temperate forests have experienced 218 million hectares (539 million acres) of gross tree cover loss since 2000, an area roughly the size of Greenland. Canada, Russia, and the United States together make up 63% of all loss related to logging in temperate and boreal forests.<\/p>\n<p>Northern boreal forests like those stretching across Canada and Alaska contain about 32% of global terrestrial carbon stocks, hold the world\u2019s most extensive freshwater system, and provide critical habitat for wildlife. According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/naturecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-Logging-Emissions-Update-Report.pdf\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">NRDC report<\/a>, if reported transparently, carbon emissions from logging would be the third-highest-emitting sector of Canada\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese forests in their high integrity condition are indispensable to the global community and to the species and local communities that rely on them,\u201d Skene said.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S. Southeast, the loss of temperate forests has decreased the landscape\u2019s ability to buffer communities against the worst impacts of climate change, intensifying the impacts of drought, flood, and wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rural areas of the South have essentially become sacrifice zones for wood production.\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>In a comment to Mongabay, AF&amp;PA said it supports efforts to combat illegal deforestation, but that the regulations should distinguish between high- and low-risk sources to prevent trade disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission, as part of its simplification process of regulations, released updated EUDR regulations in July. Despite industry\u2019s efforts, the regulation offered no exemptions and maintained its original traceability requirements. Degradation also continues to be included.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Banner image:<\/strong>Log pile. Image by Martyn Fletcher via <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/134832191@N08\/28446630302\/in\/photolist-KkJq89-9Ahvb5-7t5E73-497PrJ-8f4byJ-fsazx3-Q9HKia-79TxGp-aLh5UK-5CgKE6-nXhHU-RpSgb-5p4rqE-zj2uJE-Ui9udx-79Tyfx-6BnZs1-dTnNct-6sUQNw-fqYuT3-fqYxjW-fqYCms-fqJjV2-fqJ9HX-q9oWVJ\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Flickr<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">CC BY 2.0.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Citation:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mackey, B., Campbell, C., Norman, P., Hugh, S., DellaSala, D. A., Malcolm, J. R., \u2026 Drapeau, P. (2023). Assessing the cumulative impacts of forest management on forest age structure development and woodland caribou habitat in boreal landscapes: A case study from two Canadian provinces. <i>Land,<\/i> <i>13<\/i>(1), 6. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/land13010006\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">10.3390\/land13010006<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"single-article-footer\">\n<div id=\"cite-article\" class=\"align-left banner bg-brand-color crossref-doi outlined ph--16 pv--16\">\n<h2>Cite this article<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"crossref-doi\">Elizabeth Schell (2026). The EU approved an antideforestation law. The US paper lobby sought to weaken it. Mongabay Conservation news. 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