Biden administration issues framework for cutting deforestation-linked imports

The Biden administration has developed a “policy framework” for demand-side measures to reduce imports linked to deforestation, focusing initially on agricultural commodities. President Biden in 2022 issued an executive order that launched an interagency process focused on combatting international deforestation to help address climate change and other environmental harms. The new framework, developed under that process and announced this week by the Agriculture Department, was crafted “to guide potential demand-side measures to reduce the importation of deforestation-linked commodities and derived...