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At a signing ceremony in Sao Paulo today, four of the world's largest beef and
leather companies (1) agreed to ban the purchase of cattle from newly deforested
land in the Amazon (2). The four - Marfrig, Bertin, JBS-Friboi and Minerva -
dominate the world export market and supply the UK.
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One of the world's largest leather suppliers, and Brazil's second-largest beef
exporter today backed Greenpeace's call for a moratorium on the purchase of
cattle from farms involved in new deforestation in the Amazon with immediate
effect. (1).
Bertin's announcement follows tough new policy statements
from shoe retailers such as Clarks, Nike, Timberland, Geox and Adidas, in
response to a Greenpeace report entitled Slaughtering the Amazon, which was
released in June.
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The global sportswear company Nike has announced that it
is to stop buying leather from the Amazon region of Brazil,
following concerns that its shoes and trainers could be driving the destruction
of the world's largest rainforest and contributing to climate change.
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This map shows the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil and highlights some of the effects of the cattle industry on the Amazon rainforest. You can see how the slaughterhouses (the black dots) are strung along the roads through the state, which have cut through the green areas of forest and savannah.
Click on the Greenpeace placemarkers for more information and photos.
