The Amsterdam Declarations Partnership (or ADP) consists of ten European countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom. They are committed to eliminate deforestation in relation to agricultural commodity production and import by 2025. Together they represent the majority of European import of cattle (beef & leather), cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soya and wood (timber, paper, pulp). Through the Amsterdam Declarations Partnership we cooperate with all relevant stakeholders.
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We are committed to deforestation-free, sustainable commodities and support learning across national initiatives for trade in sustainable commodities and promote policy coordination and synergy between supply chain and landscape-level initiatives in producer countries.
In January 2021, the countries of the AD Partnership voiced their new ambition till 2025:
AD Partnership Ambition Statement 2025, Press release
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Major recent achievements include the UK Environment Act (esp. schedule 17 on forest-risk commodities), the adopted EU Deforestation Regulation, and the proposed EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. At UNFCCC COP28 end 2023 a new Team Europe Initiative on Deforestation-free Value Chains was launched.