Belarus
Name
Belarus
Region
Europe
Risk
Deforestation
No
Transhipment
Yes
Labour Rights & H&S
Yes
Environment
No
Forest Area
Land Area
20,291,000
ha
Forest Area
8,668,800
ha (42.7%)
FSC Forest Area
5,970,443
ha (68.9%)
FSC CoCs
43
PEFC Forest Area
6,670,700
ha (77.0%)
PEFC CoCs
26
Forest Legislations 2
Greenpeace campaigns to ban phthalates in EEU toys
Chemical Watch, 13 Apr 2017
Greenpeace is campaigning for a ban on phthalates in toys marketed in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Phthalates is a family of toxic, synthetic, high production volume industrial chemicals used mostly to make plastics softer and more flexible. (Relevant story: NRDC and Scientists Urge CPSC to Finalize Phthalate Bans)