European Commission linked leather to deforestation, then ignored it

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/european-commission-linked-leather-to-deforestation-then-ignored-it/

> The clock is ticking in Brussels. By June 1, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, is set to receive feedback on its proposal to remove leather, hides and skins from the EU’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Officials, however, are trying to push this amendment even after the commission’s own research confirmed that cattle hides also drive forest loss, a Mongabay analysis shows.