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Leather itself is a driver of deforestation and not just a secondary byproduct. Why alternatives to leather matter: Nowhere to hide: how the fashion industry

• hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  FYI your link is bad, should be https://stand.earth/resources/nowhere-to-hide-how-the-fashion-industry-is-linked-to-amazon-rainforest-destruction/ https://stand.earth/resources/nowhere-to-hide-how-the-fashio... . I read that article, but I disagree that the conclusion is "Leather itself is a driver of deforestation and not just a secondary byproduct." That is, what I'd like to know is whether all those cows in Brazil would still exist even without a leather marker, but just for their beef. The linked research sort of tries to make that argument, but it doesn't really provide any convincing evidence.