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Training programme for Deforestation-Free Supply Chains in Europe – EMMA4EU
The European Commission has recently approved the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), to ban the import of forest risk commodities produced on land (deforested after 2020). The EMMA4EU programme (2023-2026) is connecting different disciplines and sectors (profit + non-profit) to develop a training programme for a new profession: the “Deforestation-Free Supply Chains Manager”.
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Content of the programme
The programme includes several components for students and for professionals: e-learning modules, training courses and workshops. Those applicable to professionals will be presented here below.
April 3, 2025: half-day EUDR-course (EUDR-studiemiddag)
This half day course focuses on what obstacles companies face when performing due diligence. How can you find your way through this? And what can be learned from recent research and from practice?
The main language during the course will be Dutch, but part of the presentations will be in English.
The study afternoon is intended for sustainability officers, purchasing and regulatory affairs officers of food and feed companies, consultants and specialists at (semi-) governments who deal with supply chain risks and the new EUDR, communication and legal officers of industry associations. Costs: € 35,-
Click on the title for the flyer with the detailed programme of the course and registration.
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Additional information
Deforestation significantly contributes to climate change and biodiversity loss in tropical countries. The primary driver of this deforestation is the expansion of agricultural land for producing specific commodities such as cattle, wood, palm oil, soy, cocoa, coffee, leather and rubber (the so-called “forest-risk commodities” – FRCs). According to the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020, an estimated 420 million hectares of forest were deforested worldwide between 1990 and 2020, with a rate of 10 million hectares per year from 2015 to 2020.
The European Union (EU) is the second-largest importer of commodity-driven deforestation and is responsible for 16% of the global embedded deforestation. Efforts to reduce such rates face many challenges, such as lack of transparency, limited practical effectiveness, and conceptual difficulties regarding terminology and definitions. Existing regulatory mechanisms need to be more cohesive and effective.
To overcome these challenges, the European Commission (EC) has recently published the Deforestation-free Products Regulation, which seeks to ban imports and exports from the EU of FRCs produced on deforested or degraded land after 2020.There needs to be more coverage in EU higher level and adult education and training institutions and their curricula of topics related to and including this new regulation and associated policies and tools. This challenges the path to successful implementation of the regulation. Public, private and tertiary sector actors in the EU dealing with FRCs need to be prepared and equipped for a deforestation-free future.
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