EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers

There are moves to water down the regulations (AP)

The European Union has agreed to a one-year delay on the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation – caving in to demands from several producer nations worldwide as well as opposition within the bloc.

Officials said that the 27 EU member states, the EU Parliament and the executive Commission reached an agreement in principle following weeks of haggling on whether the initial rules would have to be watered down even further.