Question 1

What is the EUDR?

Accepted Answer

The EUDR (European Union Regulation 2023/1115) bans importing into Europe products such as coffee, cocoa, palm, rubber, wood, soy and cattle if they come from land deforested after 31 December 2020.

Question 2

What is the Due Diligence Statement (DDS)?

Accepted Answer

It is the statement the operator submits in TRACES NT, the European Union system, to comply with the EUDR. BioAurea neither issues nor certifies it: it prepares the Evidence Report that backs it, with the satellite evidence, the plot geolocation, the detected crop and the land carbon.

Question 3

How does BioAurea check whether a plot had deforestation?

Accepted Answer

It cross-checks the plot polygon with the forest maps the European Union recognizes (Hansen GFC and JRC TMF, 30 m), plus a complementary check with Sentinel-2 (10 m). The rule is zero-tolerance: any forest loss after 31 December 2020 requires review before declaring.

Question 4

Which Colombian crops does it work for?

Accepted Answer

Coffee, cocoa, oil palm and plantation wood, which the crop detector recognizes in Colombia. Today it does not recognize soy, rubber, sugarcane, annual crops or cattle. The product covers Colombia only.