We begin our journey where we are based, that is, in Belgium. Having learned about the proposal for a regulation to prevent products that cause deforestation from entering the EU market, we decided to inform ourselves starting from the basics. What is deforestation? What causes it and what are the consequences? Is it a current phenomenon related to rainforests as we mostly hear about, or not? Most of us are students or recent graduates, so we decided to look for answers at university. We asked these and other questions to Jean Louis Doucet, professor of tropical forestry at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (University of Liège). Then, some of us decided to inform on official websites of the EU and discussed the main points with other members of the team. How does the EU intend to prevent deforestation products from entering the European market?

European Commission official web pages:

EC Press corner

EC Environment

CREDITS:

Special thanks to Professor Jean Louis Doucet for his time and inspirational speech on how to understand and tackle the deforestation phenomenon.

The interview was held on the 10th of March 2022 by Pierre.

Podcast realised within the framework of the Young Fair Trade Advocates, organised by the Fair Trade Advocacy Office with the support of the EU-WISE Young Citizens Project (ERASMUS+). Special thanks to Didier Reynaud, Charlotte Vernier and Paola Plaku who helped and supported us along the way.

Mastering: Both Nomads

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Sounds:

In the Jingle: Amazonia Jungle Ambience - Birds and other Animal Sound effects by Ambient Sound Library

In the episode: In the forest - Ambient Acoustic Guitar Instrumental Background Music For Videos: Music by Oleksii Kaplunsky from Pixabay

Picture: Jungle, Image by Stokpic fromPixabay.