The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is set to take effect at the end of 2025. It will require companies importing select commodities into the European Union to track the origins of their products throughout the entire supply chain. The goal is to ensure that products are deforestation-free.
However, the delayed legislation could face additional hurdles. Industry argues that compliance will be costly for them. Experts and NGO data suggest otherwise. If you’re a reporter, join this discussion to learn what questions to ask and what threads to pull on when covering this developing topic.
Joining the panel are:
- Karla Mendes, features writer, Mongabay
- Leah Samberg, lead scientist (AFi), Rainforest Alliance
- Fyfe Strachan, policy and communications, Earthsight
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Event details
When: September 15th, 2025 at 7:30 pm UTC
Where: Live on Mongabay’s YouTube Channel and LinkedIn page.
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The experts
Karla Mendes
Karla Mendes is an award-winning Brazilian journalist who has worked as a correspondent for international outlets since 2015 covering environmental, land, and property rights issues. Before joining Mongabay, she worked as a land and property rights correspondent for the Thomson Reuters Foundation and as a business reporter for over 10 years. Karla holds a Master’s degree in Investigative and Data Journalism from the University of King’s College, Canada, and an MBA in Finance from São Paulo’s Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA). She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Fyfe Strachan
Fyfe Strachan is the policy and communications lead at Earthsight, a London-based non-profit whose award-winning investigations into illegal timber and commodity supply chains have garnered high-profile attention, resulting in policy changes by governments, corporations, and financial institutions. Fyfe advocates for governments in the European Union and beyond to enact and implement strong regulations tackling the role their consumption plays in driving deforestation and human rights abuses around the globe.
Leah Samberg
Leah works as the lead scientist for the Accountability Framework initiative, a programme of the Rainforest Alliance. She heads the AFi’s work to develop and align practical metrics for responsible supply chains, and to embed these metrics broadly through different monitoring and accountability systems. Leah also leads the AFi’s work on land sector carbon emissions and engagements with carbon and climate initiatives.
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