The Wilderness Society Australia’s Post

Australia’s deforestation crisis is rampant. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of unique forests and bushland are destroyed every year to make everyday products—from steaks to packaging. When buying Australian beef or timber, consumers around the world would be horrified to know these products could come with a side of koala habitat destruction. These consumers want to know that the things they buy don't come from deforestation. A delay in the EU's deforestation regulation is a grace period for industry and the Australian government to get their systems in place—not a grace period to carry out more habitat destruction. As AFi Director Jedd Milder states: “The EUDR delay doesn’t change the fundamental importance for companies to eliminate deforestation and related risks of illegality and human rights violations in their supply chains. The extra year should be used to accelerate action towards this goal overall, not only to dot the i’s and cross the t’s for EUDR compliance.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/gdcDYJcp Photograph: Deforestation for beef pasture in Queensland | Paul Hilton #deforestation #EUDR #environment #australia