The EUDR land-use conversion concept: forest converted to agricultural use, whether human-induced or not.
Deforestation is the land-conversion question behind deforestation-free status. For EUDR evidence work, the key issue is whether a commodity can be traced to land that avoided post-2020 forest-to-agricultural conversion.
This page uses the EUDR Article 2 definition. The 31 December 2020 baseline belongs with the deforestation-free assessment, while deforestation itself identifies the forest-to-agricultural-use conversion that triggers the concern.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products
the conversion of forest to agricultural use, whether human-induced or not;
Reference: Article 2, point 3
Reviewed public draft page. Aligns with EUDR high-priority policy: source-bound scope/role boundaries, concrete origin and market-activity records, and traceability-focused commentary.
Implementation records should capture plot identifier, land-use evidence, baseline date, commodity batch, geolocation, production event, source imagery or land-classification file, assessment result, and link to the relevant due-diligence statement.
Deforestation is an origin and land-use traceability problem. Plot evidence, commodity batches, dates, and land-classification records need to be linked so the deforestation-free outcome can be validated rather than inferred from supplier claims.