EU legislation halting the import of forest-risk commodities would not be an effective response to stop deforestation in the Amazon, said feed, grain and oilseeds, and crushing trade groups, FEFAC, COCERAL and FEDIOL.
European organizations have been reacting with alarm to reports that farmers in Brazil are seeking to end the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a commitment made by traders and crushers not to buy soy from cleared land after 2008 in the Amazon.