June 2nd, 2009
photo: Leonardo F Freitas via flickr.
We’ve covered the cattle-deforestation connection in the Amazon on a number of occasions, and a new report from Greenpeace drives home the point: Raising cattle for beef and leather is a major factor in deforestation in the Amazon, and several international shoe brands may be buying leather from deforested areas and may not even know they are doing it:…
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