Supermarkets clearing the Amazon?

British supermarkets are being blamed for the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. A three-year investigative Greenpeace report said that big supermarket chains such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Marks and Spencer are responsible for purchasing beef from farms on illegally deforestated land in the Brazilian Amazon. The report also blames Nike, Timberland and Clarks Shoes for buying leather from cattle on the same lands. Greenpeace wants the companies to refuse to buy products sourced from illegally deforestated lands and to ask consumers not to purchase from companies that are responsible for Amazon deforestation. The supermarkets have refuted claims that their beef comes from the Amazon.