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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Shan Goodwin

EU deforestation moves could backfire: beef producers

Australian Beef Sustainability steering group chair Mark Davie says in ten years Australia has actually recorded more forest gain than the entire of Europe.

European Parliament moves to legislate that products being sold into Europe do not come from deforested country could backfire, Australian beef producers have warned.

A one-size-fits-all definition of deforestation does not exist, they say.

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