'Little sense of urgency': Government accused of not moving fast enough to deliver promised forest protection rules

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'Little sense of urgency': Government accused of not moving fast enough to deliver promised forest protection rules

Major new report from Environmental Audit Committee warns the UK impact on global forests per tonne of product consumed is higher than that of China

The UK government is failing to adequately tackle unsustainable rates of global deforestation and bring forward promised legislation to crackdown on imports linked to forest destruction. That is the...

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