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McDonald’s among food firms urging tougher deforestation rules

Food firms in the UK including McDonald’s are urging the government to toughen up rules designed to protect rainforests. Ministers are planning a new law forbidding big firms to use produce from illegally deforested land. But the firms say the law should apply to all deforestation, whether it’s legal or illegal. That’s because the effect…

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