{"id":1782,"date":"2022-08-09T16:37:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-fr\/events\/regulating-trade-in-forest-risk-commodities-two-cheers-for-the-european-union\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:37:43","slug":"regulating-trade-in-forest-risk-commodities-two-cheers-for-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-fr\/events\/regulating-trade-in-forest-risk-commodities-two-cheers-for-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulating Trade in Forest-Risk Commodities: Two Cheers for the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p>Sustainability Lunchtime Seminars: Where Environmental Law Meets Economic Law<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"speaker\"\n    >\nSpeaker<\/h2>\n<p>Prof. Joanne Scott,<i>\u00a0professor at the European University Institute (EUI)<\/i><\/p><p>Prof. Gracia Marin Duran, <i>professor at the University College London (UCL)<\/i><\/p><p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"abstract\"\n    >\nAbstract<\/h2>\n<p><\/p><p>The European Union (EU) is a major importer of forest-risk commodities (FRCs) and thereby bears significant responsibility for the dangerous trend of global deforestation and forest degradation. On 17 November 2021, the European Commission took a courageous first step towards reducing the EU\u2019s global deforestation footprint, by putting forward a legislative proposal to regulate trade in FRCs. The article analyses this proposal and explains why we consider it to be necessary and justified. Although we identify some important shortcomings in the proposal, particularly in relation to the protection of land tenure rights, we argue that the EU has a moral responsibility to avoid being complicit in the destruction of forests worldwide. We also suggest that the proposed regulation needs to be better designed to be compatible with the law of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and notably with regards to its country benchmarking system and cooperation with affected exporting countries.<\/p><p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"registration\"\n    >\nRegistration<\/h2>\n<p>Please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.fr\/e\/regulating-trade-in-forest-risk-commodities-two-cheers-for-the-eu-tickets-399530565677\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here <\/a>to register.<\/p><p>Click here to find out more about the Sustainability Lunchtime Seminar Series.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/logos_en_bloc-7.png\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/logos_en_bloc-7-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/logos_en_bloc-7-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/logos_en_bloc-7-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/logos_en_bloc-7.png 1470w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 21\/9; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability Lunchtime Seminars: Where Environmental Law Meets Economic Law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1783,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"event_start_date":"2022-09-26 12:30:00","event_end_date":"2022-09-26 13:30:00","event_speaker_name":"","event_speaker_link":"","event_is_online":false,"event_location":"online event: registration via Eventbrite","event_street":"","event_location_link":"","event_zip_code":"","event_city":"","event_country":"LU"},"events-topic":[305],"events-type":[],"organisation":[103,100],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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