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European Union Deforestation Regulation: What US Companies Should Know

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Due diligence requirements under the Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) will apply starting on December 30, 2024, setting in motion a landmark regulation to prevent products linked to deforestation and forest...more

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The European Union Against Deforestation: the Companies Concerned Still Have 8 Months to Take Action

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On December 30, 2024, the European regulation of May 31, 2023 on deforestation will come into force in all EU countries. The aim of these new rules, which are designed to combat the phenomenon of imported deforestation, is to...more

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Deforestation Regulation: Impacts of a Possible Delay in Risk Classification of Countries and Other Recent Developments

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On 9 June 2023, the European Union published Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest...more

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The EU's deforestation regulation: Why UK and US companies should be paying attention?

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A new and expansive regulatory regime to tackle global deforestation is being introduced in the EU by the Deforestation Regulation. The Deforestation Regulation entered into force in June 2023 and will have far-reaching...more

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10 key things to know about the new EU Deforestation Regulation

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The EU's new Deforestation Regulation requires companies trading in cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood, as well as products derived from these commodities, to conduct extensive diligence on the value chain...more

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European Deforestation Regulation Enters Into Force

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The regulation aims to minimise the EU’s contribution to deforestation and forest degradation. The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) entered into force on 29 June 2023, following publication in the Official Journal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

European Parliament Approves CBAM, ETS Revision and Deforestation Rules

With 487 votes in favor to 81 against and 75 abstentions, the European Parliament voted yesterday to adopt a regulation on a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Negotiators for the Parliament and the Council of the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations Go Into Effect April 1, 2023

The State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has been actively pursuing comprehensive new wildfire protection standards for development in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and State Responsibility Areas where the State...more

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Lineamientos para la implementación de bosques urbanos en Bogotá

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La Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente de Bogotá expidió la Resolución No. 5531 del 23 de diciembre de 2022 por medio de la cual estableció los lineamientos para la implementación de bosques urbanos....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Regulation: EU Adopts Legislation to Tackle Deforestation

Earlier this month, the European Commission announced a provisional agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on regulation pertaining to deforestation-free supply chains. In a questions...more

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European Parliament Adopts Position on Deforestation Regulation

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The adopted position would mean that financial institutions fall under the remit of the regulation, requiring them to conduct additional due diligence on both established and new customers. On 13 September 2022, the...more

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Minambiente Colombia expide resolución para sustracción de áreas de reserva forestal

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Mediante la Resolución 110 del 28 de enero de 2022 (la Resolución), el Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADS) de Colombia, derogó la Resolución 1526 de 2012 expedida por el MADS, (salvo los artículos 7 y 8 de...more

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European Union further targets global deforestation

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On 17 November 2021, the European Commission ("Commission") announced a Proposal for a new Regulation to curb global deforestation and forest degradation driven by European Union ("EU") consumption of certain commodities....more

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Minambiente otorga plazo para acogerse a Manual de Compensaciones en Colombia

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El pasado 15 de abril de 2021, el Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADS) de Colombia expidió la Resolución 0370 de 2021, por la cual se otorga un período de 12 meses a los usuarios titulares de licencias...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

In Case You Missed It, A New Act Amends Wisconsin’s Managed Forest Law

On April 14, 2016, Governor Scott Walker signed into law Wisconsin Senate Bill 434, a bill that significantly amends the Managed Forest Law (Sections 77.80 to 77.91, Wis. Stats.), thereby enacting the 2015 Wisconsin Act 3581...more

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