EU brands just four countries as 'high risk' under deforestation law


FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows deforested land ready for agriculture near the Madeira river in Humaita in Amazonas state, Brazil, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo

BRUSSELS -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.

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