On August 19, 2024, two major wood industry associations, The Austrian Timber Industry Association and Italy's The National Association of Wood Industries, Filiera Legno, united in a formal protest against the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). The EUDR, which came into force on June 29, 2023, mandates that products made from raw materials like wood, coffee, and cocoa, imported into or exported from the EU, must be proven free of links to deforestation. While the regulation aims to protect forests globally, the associations argue that it imposes excessive bureaucratic burdens and is detached from the practical realities of ...