Tell top shoe brands to protect the Amazon and the climate

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Greenpeace

 

 

Tell top shoe brands to protect the Amazon and the climate

 

 

Tropical deforestation accounts for one-fifth of global greenhouse gas

emissions, more than the transportation sector worldwide. The biggest

driver of deforestation in the Amazon is Brazil’s cattle sector, and one

of this sector’s biggest businesses is the leather industry.

 

Not only is the cattle industry the main driver of deforestation in the

Amazon, but it accounts for 14% of the world’s annual deforestation and

is Brazil’s main source of carbon emissions. When we allow the Amazon to

be destroyed for cattle, we destroy one of the most biodiverse

rainforests in the world which releases tons of carbon into the

atmosphere contributing to climate change.

 

*Please send a message to brands like Nike, Timberland, Adidas, Reebok,

Clark’s, and Geox that you care about where their leather comes from and

that it cannot come from Amazon deforestation.* Use the letter below to

tell companies that every step counts when it comes to saving the Amazon

and protecting our climate.

 

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