NEWSLETTER
Newsletter August 2026
The Centre for Global Law (CPDG) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-LA Global Challenges (CEJM) are pleased to share the new edition of the Platform’s “Regulating Forests: Monitoring the Impacts of the EUDR” Newsletter.
This edition’s highlights are:
1. Research Seminar 'The EU–Mercosur Agreements: Procedural and Substantive Challenges'. The session was moderated and commented on by Professor Paula W. Almeida, with additional commentary from CPDG and CEJM researchers, as well as Visiting Professor Ragnar Weilandt (University of Malta).
2. Roundtable 'The Externalisation of the EU Green Deal in Brazil: Policy Options for the Brazilian Government on the EUDR and on the EU–Mercosur Agreement' with representatives from Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministério das Relações Exteriores), Brazil's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudanças Climáticas), and the National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais), alongside the CPDG and CEJM research team. Held closed-door under the Chatham House Rule.
The CPDG is coordinated by FGV Rio Law professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida and has the following lines of research: global regulation; international dispute settlement; global litigation; and climate change and forests. The team in charge of monitoring the EUDR and other extraterritorial norms is composed of researchers Mariana Mariani, Leonardo Rossi, Léa Guillaumier and Paula Strogoff.
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Newsletter June 2026
The FGV Rio Law’s Centre for Global Law (CPDG) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-LA Global Challenges (CEJM), co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme, have released the June 2026 edition of its Newsletter, produced as a result of the Project “Monitoring the Regulatory Impact of the European Union’s new regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) in Brazil”, funded by the Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS), which seeks to analyse the challenges and impact of the EUDR in Brazil.
This issue highlights CPDG’s organisation and participation in events and conduction of research seminars. It also features news on the EUDR’s simplification measures of May 2026 and related themes. The CPDG is coordinated by FGV Rio Law professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida and has the following lines of research: global regulation; international dispute settlement; global litigation; and climate change and forests. The team in charge of monitoring the EUDR and other extraterritorial norms is composed of researchers Mariana Mariani, Leonardo Rossi, Camilla Rosso, Léa Guillaumier and Paula Strogoff.
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Newsletter April 2026
The FGV Rio Law’s Centre for Global Law (CPDG) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-LA Global Challenges (CEJM), co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme, have released the April 2026 edition of its Newsletter, produced as a result of the Project “Monitoring the Regulatory Impact of the European Union’s new regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) in Brazil”, funded by the Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS), which seeks to analyse the challenges and impact of the EUDR in Brazil.
This issue highlights CPDG’s participation in events and conduction of research seminars. It also features news on the EUDR’s indirect application in Brazil and the EU-Mercosur agreement. The CPDG is coordinated by FGV Rio Law professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida and has the following lines of research: global regulation; international dispute settlement; global litigation; and climate change and forests. The team in charge of monitoring the EUDR and other extraterritorial norms is composed of researchers Mariana Mariani, Leonardo Rossi, Camilla Rosso, Léa Guillaumier and Paula Strogoff.
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Newsletter January 2025
The FGV Rio Law’s Centre for Global Law (CPDG) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-LA Global Challenges (CEJM), co-funded by the European Union, have released the January edition of its Newsletter, produced as a result of the Project “Monitoring the Regulatory Impact of the European Union’s new regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) in Brazil”, funded by the Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS), which seeks to analyse the challenges and impact of the EUDR in Brazil.
This issue highlights CPDG’s participation in events and conduction of research seminars, as well as its COP30 coverage and the release of the book “The Normative and Regulatory Challenges for the Implementation of the European Deforestation-Free Regulation in Third Affected Countries: a Brazilian Case Study.” It also features news on the EUDR’s simplification and postponement measures, the EU-Mercosur agreement, and developments related to COP30.
The CPDG is coordinated by FGV Rio Law professor Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida and has the following lines of research: global regulation; international dispute settlement; global litigation; and climate change and forests. The team in charge of monitoring the EUDR and other extraterritorial norms is composed of researchers Mariana Mariani, Bianca Martins, Felipe Nobre, Caroline Gonçalves, Paula Strogoff and Leonardo Rossi.

Newsletter May 2025
This Newsletter is aresult of the project ‘Monitoringthe Regulatory Impact of the European Union's newregulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) inBrazil’, funded by the Instituto Clima e Sociedade(iCS). Our research aims toinvestigate theimpacts,challengesand opportunitiesofthe indirectimplementation of theEuropean Union Regulation2023/1115 (EUDR)in Brazil, which seeks tocombatdeforestation by banning the entry of sevencommodities associated withdeforestationinto theEU market.
