Description
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) policy aims to more closely regulate six key commodities to reduce deforestation, forest degradation, and CO2 emissions caused by imports to the European Union. There is a need to understand the potential implications of this policy for smallholders and their multiple, intersecting identities. Further, this understanding needs to be operationalized to support countries and other partners in their preparation for and response to the EUDR in a way that minimizes negative or disproportionate impacts and emphasizes the opportunity for inclusion and transformation. In response, CIFOR-ICRAF is developing knowledge products on the EUDR and intersectionality to increase understanding of these potential implications and transformational responses.
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) policy will require increased due diligence to ensure that products are deforestation-free and legal. The results are a requirement for increased technical assistance, strengthening capacity, scaling up traceability systems, and supporting reliable and stable partnerships, including through exchange and learning. However, the EUDR policy remains elusive regarding gender equity, social inclusion, and the heterogeneous experiences of vulnerability and agency relating to multiple and intersecting identities. In response to this gap CIFOF ICRAF is developing a training course on the potential implications of EUDR on intersectional communities, emphasizing inclusion and transformation, and a training of trainers to implement the training more broadly with the GIZ partners and network. The training is to be interactive and engaging, building on CIFOR-ICRAF’s methodology and rich body of existing materials, as well as an initial desk review of the EUDR policy to identify areas of potential concern and examples of best practices.
Overall this project includes three major phases/work streams: 1) a desk review to identify the potential implications of EUDR relevant to social inclusion, equity, intersectionality, and transformation; 2) the design of training and training of trainers to share this knowledge and capacity around these issues; and, 3) dissemination of this knowledge and training within the broader networks of GIZ and CIFOR-ICRAF. These work streams serve to 1) create a resource that responds to a critical knowledge gap around the EUDR; 2) confirm the completeness of the knowledge product/desk review; 3) increase awareness of the findings and knowledge of this review; 4) support the capacity to respond to these potential EUDR implications to mitigate potential harm and amplify potential benefits; and, 5) foster the integration of intersectional considerations and transformative approaches into EUDR policy responses in a variety of contexts, partners, regions.
