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Forêts: Réalités africaines, Episode 6 - viande de boeuf, soja, et cuirs et peaux

23min | 06/09/2025|

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Vous êtes au restaurant et vous savourez une bonne entrecôte avec des frites. Au moment de l’addition, pour payer la note, vous sortez votre portefeuille en beau cuir et vous quittez l’établissement avec votre veste en daim sur les épaules. Mais vous posez vous la question de leur provenance et de leur impact environnemental, social, et sur la déforestation en Afrique?

Il est intéressant de se pencher sur le secteur de l'élevage car 85% des éleveurs de bétail dans le monde se trouvent en Afrique sub-saharienne et qu'avec le changement climatique, les parcours de transhumance des troupeaux sahéliens tendent à évoluer pour atteindre de nouveaux sites de pâturages et les forêts : au delà de l'impact environnemental, ceci peut générer des conflits additionnels entre pasteurs (les éleveurs qui font du pastoralisme) et les cultivateurs, Malgré l'importance du secteur, l'Union européenne achète très peu de viande de boeuf en provenance d'Afrique -la Namibie est le principal exportateur africain, suivie par le Botswana- . Comment cela est il possible au vu en particulier des exigences sanitaires européennes? Et le pays répond-il aux exigences du nouveau Règlement zéro déforestation de l'UE?

Pour les cuirs et peaux, alors que les principales tanneries industrielles sont en Afrique du Nord, en Afrique du Sud, au Nigéria, et en Ethiopie, les enjeux de durabilité, en matière environnementale et de traçabilité sont très importants.

Quant à la production de soja, elle est encore limitée sur le continent, mais elle tend à augmenter car elle est rentable et nécessite moins d'intrants que le maïs, le riz etc. . Et le Togo, qui est un petit pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest est aujourd'hui le premier fournisseur de soja bio de l'UE devant l'Inde et l'Ukraine.

Explorons ensemble ces secteurs sur le continent africain pour comprendre le fonctionnement des filières et les enjeux de durabilité.

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Welcome to Europe and Globe.

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Just imagine. You're savouring a piece of chocolate, drinking your morning coffee, writing on a paper or using beauty products to look after yourself. Have you ever wondered what these everyday products have in common? We don't always ask ourselves questions about what we consume and yet, yes, all these products can have an impact on deforestation.

On May 31, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Deforestation-free Regulation (the EUDR). We're going to look at the different sectors concerned, and in particular the products we import from Africa that may be affected by the new European regulation.

This European Union deforestation-free regulation covers a multitude of everyday products. Cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, rubber, beef, wood... But also, derived products that may not be obvious at first glance such as chocolate, leather, paper and car tires.

This Deforestation-free Regulation is sparking both enthusiasm and concerns. Its aim is to ensure that the operators who grow, process or buy these products comply with the laws of the producing countries, while guaranteeing that companies and smallholders are not the big losers under this new legislation.

How can we act on global deforestation while considering the realities and constraints of smallholder farmers, in Africa and elsewhere? Could this regulation really change something? We'll be talking about this in the next few episodes. We'll take a look at a number of sectors to give you a better understanding of the issues at stake and the state of readiness of the value chains. We'll talk about the different commodities affected by the EU deforestation-free regulation. And we'll travel here and there, to Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, Liberia, Congo Brazzaville, Togo, Cameroon, DRC and elsewhere on the African continent.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Europe and Globe, The podcast that explores today's world and changes the way we look at tomorrow's challenges

Welcome to Europe and Globe.

The podcast that explores today's world and changes the way we look at tomorrow's challenges

Just imagine. You're savouring a piece of chocolate, drinking your morning coffee, writing on a paper or using beauty products to look after yourself. Have you ever wondered what these everyday products have in common? We don't always ask ourselves questions about what we consume and yet, yes, all these products can have an impact on deforestation.

On May 31, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Deforestation-free Regulation (the EUDR). We're going to look at the different sectors concerned, and in particular the products we import from Africa that may be affected by the new European regulation.

This European Union deforestation-free regulation covers a multitude of everyday products. Cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, rubber, beef, wood... But also, derived products that may not be obvious at first glance such as chocolate, leather, paper and car tires.

This Deforestation-free Regulation is sparking both enthusiasm and concerns. Its aim is to ensure that the operators who grow, process or buy these products comply with the laws of the producing countries, while guaranteeing that companies and smallholders are not the big losers under this new legislation.

How can we act on global deforestation while considering the realities and constraints of smallholder farmers, in Africa and elsewhere? Could this regulation really change something? We'll be talking about this in the next few episodes. We'll take a look at a number of sectors to give you a better understanding of the issues at stake and the state of readiness of the value chains. We'll talk about the different commodities affected by the EU deforestation-free regulation. And we'll travel here and there, to Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, Liberia, Congo Brazzaville, Togo, Cameroon, DRC and elsewhere on the African continent.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

Vous êtes au restaurant et vous savourez une bonne entrecôte avec des frites. Au moment de l’addition, pour payer la note, vous sortez votre portefeuille en beau cuir et vous quittez l’établissement avec votre veste en daim sur les épaules. Mais vous posez vous la question de leur provenance et de leur impact environnemental, social, et sur la déforestation en Afrique?

Il est intéressant de se pencher sur le secteur de l'élevage car 85% des éleveurs de bétail dans le monde se trouvent en Afrique sub-saharienne et qu'avec le changement climatique, les parcours de transhumance des troupeaux sahéliens tendent à évoluer pour atteindre de nouveaux sites de pâturages et les forêts : au delà de l'impact environnemental, ceci peut générer des conflits additionnels entre pasteurs (les éleveurs qui font du pastoralisme) et les cultivateurs, Malgré l'importance du secteur, l'Union européenne achète très peu de viande de boeuf en provenance d'Afrique -la Namibie est le principal exportateur africain, suivie par le Botswana- . Comment cela est il possible au vu en particulier des exigences sanitaires européennes? Et le pays répond-il aux exigences du nouveau Règlement zéro déforestation de l'UE?

Pour les cuirs et peaux, alors que les principales tanneries industrielles sont en Afrique du Nord, en Afrique du Sud, au Nigéria, et en Ethiopie, les enjeux de durabilité, en matière environnementale et de traçabilité sont très importants.

Quant à la production de soja, elle est encore limitée sur le continent, mais elle tend à augmenter car elle est rentable et nécessite moins d'intrants que le maïs, le riz etc. . Et le Togo, qui est un petit pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest est aujourd'hui le premier fournisseur de soja bio de l'UE devant l'Inde et l'Ukraine.

Explorons ensemble ces secteurs sur le continent africain pour comprendre le fonctionnement des filières et les enjeux de durabilité.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Europe and Globe, The podcast that explores today's world and changes the way we look at tomorrow's challenges

Welcome to Europe and Globe.

The podcast that explores today's world and changes the way we look at tomorrow's challenges

Just imagine. You're savouring a piece of chocolate, drinking your morning coffee, writing on a paper or using beauty products to look after yourself. Have you ever wondered what these everyday products have in common? We don't always ask ourselves questions about what we consume and yet, yes, all these products can have an impact on deforestation.

On May 31, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Deforestation-free Regulation (the EUDR). We're going to look at the different sectors concerned, and in particular the products we import from Africa that may be affected by the new European regulation.

This European Union deforestation-free regulation covers a multitude of everyday products. Cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, rubber, beef, wood... But also, derived products that may not be obvious at first glance such as chocolate, leather, paper and car tires.

This Deforestation-free Regulation is sparking both enthusiasm and concerns. Its aim is to ensure that the operators who grow, process or buy these products comply with the laws of the producing countries, while guaranteeing that companies and smallholders are not the big losers under this new legislation.

How can we act on global deforestation while considering the realities and constraints of smallholder farmers, in Africa and elsewhere? Could this regulation really change something? We'll be talking about this in the next few episodes. We'll take a look at a number of sectors to give you a better understanding of the issues at stake and the state of readiness of the value chains. We'll talk about the different commodities affected by the EU deforestation-free regulation. And we'll travel here and there, to Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, Liberia, Congo Brazzaville, Togo, Cameroon, DRC and elsewhere on the African continent.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Europe and Globe, The podcast that explores today's world and changes the way we look at tomorrow's challenges

Welcome to Europe and Globe.

The podcast that explores today's world and changes the way we look at tomorrow's challenges

Just imagine. You're savouring a piece of chocolate, drinking your morning coffee, writing on a paper or using beauty products to look after yourself. Have you ever wondered what these everyday products have in common? We don't always ask ourselves questions about what we consume and yet, yes, all these products can have an impact on deforestation.

On May 31, 2023, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Deforestation-free Regulation (the EUDR). We're going to look at the different sectors concerned, and in particular the products we import from Africa that may be affected by the new European regulation.

This European Union deforestation-free regulation covers a multitude of everyday products. Cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, rubber, beef, wood... But also, derived products that may not be obvious at first glance such as chocolate, leather, paper and car tires.

This Deforestation-free Regulation is sparking both enthusiasm and concerns. Its aim is to ensure that the operators who grow, process or buy these products comply with the laws of the producing countries, while guaranteeing that companies and smallholders are not the big losers under this new legislation.

How can we act on global deforestation while considering the realities and constraints of smallholder farmers, in Africa and elsewhere? Could this regulation really change something? We'll be talking about this in the next few episodes. We'll take a look at a number of sectors to give you a better understanding of the issues at stake and the state of readiness of the value chains. We'll talk about the different commodities affected by the EU deforestation-free regulation. And we'll travel here and there, to Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, Liberia, Congo Brazzaville, Togo, Cameroon, DRC and elsewhere on the African continent.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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