If tracer detects deforestation in your farm, there is a good chance that your customer’s EUDR software will come to the same conclusion.

Our models sometimes struggle to differentiate between native forests that were cut down (which is not permitted under EUDR) and the allowed removal of ageing crop trees.

If this happened in your case, we suggest sharing evidence that the vegetation that was removed was not a forest with your European customers.

The EUDR regulation requires that the imported commodities are grown in accordance with local legislation. This includes respecting natural protected areas.

However, in some countries growing crops in parts of natural protected areas is generally permitted or individual farmers are issued licences to grow within such areas.

If this is the case for you, we recommend sharing evidence with your European customers.

Tracer uses JRC forest cover map to identify forest cover as of December 31, 2020 and Dynamic world tree cover dataset to assess the current tree cover.

No. Deforestation-free is the first of three criteria for being EUDR-compliant and being allowed to place the product on the European market.

In addition, the product must comply with the laws of the country of production and a so-called due diligence declaration exists for them.
A positive conclusion of our analysis is a good indicator that the product was grown on a plot of land that is deforestation-free according to the definition of the regulations.

Furthermore, your customer’s EUDR software system might come to slightly different results than tracer. Plant-for-the-Planet cannot provide a guarantee and cannot be held liable for any losses resulting from a reliance on tracer.