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EU deforestation law branded ‘farce’

 23.05.2025, 16:09
Russia is one of the world’s largest timber exporters, but the EU sanctioned wood from the country due to its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Giulio Andreini/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Russia is one of the world’s largest timber exporters, but the EU sanctioned wood from the country due to its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Giulio Andreini/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Environmental campaigners argue that politics plays too big a role in the law.