News
23 June 2022

EU rubber imports 'fuel tropical deforestation'

Region:
Middle East & Africa, Europe

A new investigation has revealed that industrial rubber plantations in West and Central Africa have been linked to an area of tropical deforestation 16 times the size of Brussels since 2000, establishing it as the leading European driver of deforestation in the region – despite being left out...

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