EU deforestation law could hit smallest African farmers hardest

Approved last April, the EU's deforestation regulation was hailed by MEPs as a landmark in the bloc's push towards sustainable business practices and slashing carbon emissions.

"European consumers can now rest assured that they will no longer be unwittingly complicit in deforestation," said the European Parliament's negotiator on the law, former centre-right Luxembourgish MEP Christophe Hansen.

But critical voices from Latin American and African countries, who will have to imp...