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Study links European car manufacturers to Amazon deforestation

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Through the complex web of international trade that uses illegal products from the Amazon, the European automotive industry probably does not go unscathed. Leather seats of vehicles from car manufacturers such as Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler, PSA group (Peugeot, Citroen, Opel) and Renault possibly carry marks of illegal deforestation, difficult to be traced, denounces a report published this Friday, April 16th, by Rainforest Foundation Norway.

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