News Headline

85% of Brazilian leather goes to markets sensitive to environmental concerns

Source
Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2013-08-26

Around 40% of beef and 85% of leather production serve markets that are potentially sensitive to environmental concerns, providing a partial explantation as to why Brazilian producers have made recent commitments to reducing deforestation for cattle production, finds a new study published in Tropical Conservation Science.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0822-tcs-walker-brazil-cattle.html