(ANSA) - BELGRADE, APR 14 - The EU is the second biggest
importer of deforestation after China, the WWF said in a new
report today, based on data and insights of the Stockholm
Environment Institute (SEI) and through the transparency
initiative Trase. In 2017, the EU was responsible for 16% of
deforestation associated with international trade, totalling
203,000 hectares and 116 million tonnes of CO₂. The EU was
surpassed by China (24%) but outranked India (9%), the United
States (7%) and Japan (5%), the WWF noted. During the period
analyzed, the largest EU economies, Germany, Italy, Spain, the
UK, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Poland, were
responsible for 80% of the EU's embedded deforestation through
their use and consumption of forest-risk commodities. (ANSA).
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