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The EUDR’s new country classification lisk, which rates countries based on their risk of deforestation, fails to acknowledge many key countries as ‘high-risk’ and does not factor in timber laundered through global shipping hubs. Highlighting insights from Marigold Watkins, Senior Advisor at Forest Trends, and Kerstin Canby, Senior Director of our Forest Policy, Trade, and Finance Initiative.