Biden’s Executive Order on forests can help stop Wall Street from financing deforestation

Written By Alexandria Reid

Alexandria Reid and Alexandria Robins, ‘Biden’s Executive Order on forests can help stop Wall Street from financing deforestation

’, Global Witness, May 2022

In a significant development for the US’s role in global deforestation, President Biden’s recent Executive Order called for a ‘whole-of-government’ approach to combating deforestation, including recommendations for new legislation. Any incoming regulations must stop Wall Street from bankrolling forest destruction. 

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