Isabel Fernandez, Senior Consultant at Mighty Earth said:

"It's a startling coincidence that just after the European Commission signs trade deals with the US and Indonesia, it moves to delay the EUDR once again, conveniently blaming IT problems."

"Having proposed a world-class piece of legislation to combat deforestation, the EC has now decided it would rather do trade deals with Trump's US and Indonesia, which is currently driving the world's biggest deforestation project in Papua."

"This proposed 1-year delay is totally unacceptable, and massively disadvantages the companies and countries which have gone all out to be ready for implementation in December of this year. It also ignores the will of EU citizens who don't want to buy 

products tied to deforestation. This proposal – at a time when we are experiencing a climate, nature and deforestation crisis and after the record-breaking fires in Europe this summer – should be firmly rejected."