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European leather sector tries to evade responsibility despite clear ties to deforestation

31.03.2026 New research shows why leather must remain in the EUDR

Pasubio pledges no more links to deforestation in Ayoreo Totobiegosode lands, but is this enough?

20.12.2023 Italian tannery announces it’s ready to halt commercial ties to suppliers

Paraguayan authorities complicit in illegal razing of country’s forests by EU-linked agribusiness

20.06.2022 Documents confirm the extent of illegalities committed by ranches

REVEALED: European leather industry peddling misinformation in bid to escape deforestation-free law

15.06.2022 Leather may remain unregulated under a planned EU law on deforestation-free products as industry associations lobby against its inclusion with worrying signs of potential success

BMW fails to substantiate allegations against Earthsight’s research

18.05.2022 Lack of convincing evidence shows leather must not be dropped from EU ban

Grand Theft Chaco II: The Vice Continues

13.10.2021 One year on, failed response from Paraguayan government and leather industry to the scandal demonstrates urgent need for new laws

EU needs new laws to ban global deforestation in product supply chains

23.05.2019 Respondents surveyed in 25 countries believe EU should introduce laws to outlaw goods being sold that harm the environment and the result of deforestation

A Roadmap to Failure

07.02.2019 Why the EU’s action plan on deforestation must be beefed up to be effective

Choice Cuts: how European & US BBQs are fuelled by a hidden deforestation crisis in South America

05.07.2017 How European & US BBQs are fuelled by a hidden deforestation crisis in South America

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