Deforestation and forest degradation in the Amazon - Update for year 2022 and link to soy trade

This report is published in the context of the newly established EU Forest Observatory on Deforestation and Forest Degradation, which is managed by the Joint Research Centre. One of the aims of the Observatory is to support the implementation of the new Regulation (EU) 2023/115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU1 on the making available on the Union Market and on the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation (hereafter referred as "Deforestation-free supply chains”). This Regulation aims to prevent that the Union’s consumption and production of commodities causes deforestation and forest degradation within or outside the EU. As in the previous reports, a specific focus is given to Brazil (in particular in sections 3 to 5), the country in the region with the largest share of Amazon rainforest and the largest country of the South American Mercosur region.