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COTANCE rejects allegations that the leather value chain is a driver of deforestation

The latest Global Witness Report and corresponding article in The Guardian again depict the leather industry as a driver of deforestation. COTANCE deplores that all the efforts deployed by governments and international organisations to curb deforestation and forest degradation have not been able to halt or reduce the incalculable damage that they cause to the planet. The European leather industry rejects though the allegations that the leather value chain is a driver of deforestation just because it generates wealth with the recycling

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