The EU had earlier set January 1, 2025 deadline for the implementation of the regulation but later shifted it to December 31 for its members to comply. It is expected to bring down greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss.
The EUDR is to guarantee that the products EU citizens consume do not contribute to deforestation or forest degradation worldwide.
The President of the Association for Forest Conservation and Green Industrial Charcoal Merchants, also known as Charcoal Legality, Florence Omolola Jones-Idowu, disclosed this at the training programme organised by the association on EUDR at the University of Ibadan at the weekend.