Exploring how the Vicuñas recovered from near extinction through a treaty in Andean nations, leading to a thriving wool trade for indigenous communities. However, a policy change in 2000 in Peru caused exclusion of indigenous groups from the lucrative Vicuña wool market.
On today’s Big Take podcast, we trace the origin of Loro Piana’s $9,000 vicuña sweaters to the Andes mountains. Bloomberg’s Marcelo Rochabrun joins host Sarah Holder to unspool what it all means for the Indigenous communities that harvest the wool.
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