Written evidence submitted to the Environmental Audit Committee by Global Canopy

Global Canopy welcomes the opportunity to provide evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee on the UK’s contribution to global deforestation.

The Environmental Audit Committee is launching a new inquiry into sustainable timber in the UK and the UK’s contribution to global deforestation. The inquiry will investigate:

• how the UK, which imports most of its timber, can best scale up a sustainable, resilient domestic timber sector and reduce its reliance on imports;
• the degree to which UK supply chains contribute to deforestation overseas and the effectiveness of the government’s efforts to curb this; and
• how the UK works with international partners to tackle deforestation.

Our evidence focuses on the degree to which UK supply chains contribute to deforestation overseas, the effectiveness of the government’s efforts to curb this, and how the UK works with international partners to tackle deforestation.

Read our evidence

Our evidence also sits on the Environmental Audit Committee’s website following their call for evidence.