WITH Europe passing laws to prevent the import of goods linked to deforestation, a group of Queensland producers is hoping to use a recent visit from burger chain McDonalds to help form fairer legislation.
Beef is one of the products Europe has named on its new non-tariff trade barrier – requiring producers to prove they have not destroyed forests to grow the product. The EU classes forests as woodland with 20pc canopy cover reaching five-metres-high.
Many have raised concerns about the broad legislation saying it does not allow for strategic land management techniques that can promote…
