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<p>Dry forests are disappearing due to agricultural expansion and logging, driven by consumption abroad. The European Union deforestation regulation, which will come into force at the end of 2026, targets this problem by requiring imports into the European Union to be produced in compliance with the forest protection laws of their countries of origin. We analysed the implementation of forest protection laws in the Chaco Province of Argentina between 2009 and 2024 using diverse information sources, including 15,042 georeferenced forest-use permits and 127,632 wood-transport guides issued to agricultural and wood producers. We uncover six mechanisms by which public and private actors relaxed the provincial forest zoning law to circumvent the minimum standards of the national Argentine Forest Protection law, thereby expanding the areas where wood or agricultural commodities could be produced in compliance with transnational anti-deforestation policies. To prevent these maladaptive responses from producing regions, importing countries should demand products that cause zero gross deforestation.</p>

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Subnational mechanisms undermine transnational anti-deforestation policies

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年8月4日

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  • Matías E. Mastrangelo,
  • Sebastián Aguiar,
  • Vera Krause

摘要

Dry forests are disappearing due to agricultural expansion and logging, driven by consumption abroad. The European Union deforestation regulation, which will come into force at the end of 2026, targets this problem by requiring imports into the European Union to be produced in compliance with the forest protection laws of their countries of origin. We analysed the implementation of forest protection laws in the Chaco Province of Argentina between 2009 and 2024 using diverse information sources, including 15,042 georeferenced forest-use permits and 127,632 wood-transport guides issued to agricultural and wood producers. We uncover six mechanisms by which public and private actors relaxed the provincial forest zoning law to circumvent the minimum standards of the national Argentine Forest Protection law, thereby expanding the areas where wood or agricultural commodities could be produced in compliance with transnational anti-deforestation policies. To prevent these maladaptive responses from producing regions, importing countries should demand products that cause zero gross deforestation.