European Parliament supports year-long deforestation law delay


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  • Wednesday, 26 Nov 2025

Logged trees are seen near a site where environmental activists take action in the defence of one of the last primeval forests in Europe, Bialowieza forest, Poland May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of delaying the implementation of the European Union's deforestation law by one year.

Companies will have an additional year to comply with new EU rules to prevent deforestation, the European Parliament said in a statement.

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