Our global analysis contradicts the general assessment; for example 2nd and 3rd ranked producer countries India and China produce 31% of global sugarcane but apply 50% of N-fertilizer (Table 1).
Legalisation, though clearly better for producer countries, would bring (different) risks to consumer countries.
In particular, the oil companies and the producer countries will suffer.
But it is currently negotiating voluntary deals with producer countries to exclude suspect wood.
"We are producer countries and we have to defend our interests".
In some producer countries, deforestation is not illegal, so regulatory reform is essential.
Until it does, the producer countries will be drowned in these wars forever".
It urges producer countries to simplify land laws – and make sure they are respected by investors.
So far as the producer countries are concerned, stabilization of incomes, rather than of prices, is the most important factor.
The regulation was proposed and pushed by the olive oil producers in the three main producer countries – Spain, Italy and Greece.
For the big producer countries, this is a major headache, the ramifications of which are only starting to be felt.
