How to Cover the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) | Mongabay Webinars

NOTE: On November 26th, 2025, the European Union voted to postpone the EUDR by another year: https://news.mongabay.com/short-artic... The European Union Deforestation Regulation is set to take effect at the end of 2025. It will require companies importing specific commodities into the European Union to track the origins of their products throughout their entire supply chain. The goal is to ensure that products are deforestation-free. However, the once-delayed legislation could face additional hurdles. Industry argues that compliance will be costly for them. Experts and NGO data show otherwise. If you're a reporter, join this discussion to learn what questions to ask and what threads to pull on when covering this developing topic. Our panel includes: Karla Mendes, features writer, Mongabay Leah Samberg, lead scientist (AFi), Rainforest Alliance Fyfe Strachan, policy and communications, Earthsight Resources: Earthsight.org: https://www.earthsight.org.uk/ FPIC: https://news.mongabay.com/list/fpic/ EUDR: https://news.mongabay.com/tag/eudr/ Rainforest Alliance: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/f... ---- Timestamps (00:00:00) Introduction (00:04:20) What is the EUDR? (00:10:14) Enforcement (00:16:40) Compliance (00:24:10) Industry costs (00:30:50) Human rights (00:39:46) Smallholder challenges (00:46:45) Data gaps (00:52:15) Delays (01:00:12) Lobbying (01:03:28) Risk classification (01:08:27) "Trade wars" (01:14:04) Story ideas (01:16:14) Credits