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Earthsight submission on the proposal to remove leather from the EU Deforestation Regulation

02.06.2026 Our input into the EU Commission’s public consultation

Peça à Comissão Europeia para manter o couro na EUDR

20.05.2026 A Comissão Europeia convidou o público a dar a sua opinião sobre os produtos abrangidos pelo Regulamento antidesmatamento da UE (EUDR)

Tell the EU Commission to keep leather in the EUDR

19.05.2026 The EU Commission has invited members of the public to have their say on products covered by the EUDR

EU Commission avoids reopening the EUDR but proposes unjustifiable exemption for leather

04.05.2026 Policymakers cave to leather sector lobbying

Critics round on Bolivia authorities for prioritising agribusiness over deforestation crisis

31.01.2020 New legislation in Santa Cruz and Beni could see millions of hectares of forest destroyed for agribusiness

Record forest fires are fanning the flames of Nicaragua’s deforestation crisis

18.12.2019 Weak governance and an expanding export-oriented agribusiness model fuel outbreak

Barclays, HSBC among banks financing “most harmful agribusinesses” with $44bn

16.10.2019 Global Witness report claims more than 300 financial institutions funnelled money into global beef, leather, palm oil and rubber firms linked to deforestation

Two million hectares of Bolivia burns following Morales’ expansion of agriculture frontier

11.09.2019 

Local NGOs and Amnesty International call for suspension of Supreme Decree 3973 allowing “controlled burns” and investigation into perpetrators responsible for forest fires crisis