Significant action is required to reduce the impact on deforestation of the UK’s consumption of agricultural products. While the UK is the 15th largest contributor to tropical deforestation in global terms, the intensity of UK consumption (measured in footprint per tonne of product consumed) is higher than that of China. This figure ought to alarm Ministers.

Significant action is required to reduce the impact on deforestation of the UK’s consumption of agricultural products. While the UK is the 15th largest contributor to tropical deforestation in global terms, the intensity of UK consumption (measured in footprint per tonne of product consumed) is higher than that of China. This figure ought to alarm Ministers. Type: conclusion | Number: 1 | Paragraph: 21 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Global Resource Initiative Taskforce was set up in 2018 as a time-bound initiative to advise the UK Government on how to reduce UK economic contribution to global deforestation through UK supply chains. The Government worked closely with the Taskforce to understand and implement many of its reco