Ending Deforestation from Cocoa in West Africa

Cutting Deforestation Out of the Cocoa Supply Chain - World Bank

In West Africa, cocoa has been identified as a major driver of deforestation which has led to serious soil degradation, water insecurity and ...

Increasing Traceability in Agricultural Supply Chains

For example, to help end cocoa-driven deforestation in West Africa, WRI joined forces with the World Cocoa Foundation and 19 major cocoa and ...

Cocoa and Deforestation - International Wildlife Conservation ...

The cocoa industry is a major driver of deforestation, loss of critical wildlife habitat, and human rights abuses around the world — particularly in West ...

Progress protecting forests in West Africa - Cargill

Cookstoves, bees, village savings and loan associations, and agroforestry help create a more sustainable cocoa supply chain.

Sofia Tenorio Fenton on LinkedIn: Ending Deforestation from Cocoa ...

Exciting news! Global Forest Watch just published two new tools that can help make our chocolate deforestation-free. With the West Africa ...

ASSESSING DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE - Chocolate Scorecard

West Africa produces 75% of the world's cocoa, with Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana producing the lion's share. In the last 60 years, these two African countries have ...

Chocolate makers agree to stop cutting down forests in West Africa ...

At COP23, the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany that wrapped up last week, top cocoa-producing countries in West Africa announced new ...

Tackling Deforestation - Nestlé Cocoa Plan

Cocoa provides crucial employment and income to smallholders in West Africa. ... end deforestation and forest degradation in the cocoa sector. All ...

Cocoa & Forests Initiative - IDH

The Cocoa & Forests Initiative is an active commitment of top cocoa-producing countries with leading chocolate and cocoa companies to end deforestation and ...

More collaboration needed as cocoa firms battle deforestation and ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. The Wider Image: Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa's ...

Africa cocoa industry failing on deforestation pledge – campaigners

The cocoa industry is failing to meet a highly publicised pledge to stop deforestation in west Africa and eliminate tainted beans from ...

The Real Price of a Chocolate Bar: West Africa's Rainforests

Shaded agriculture involves growing cocoa trees that can prosper inside a forest canopy, a technique already favored in Cameroon, for instance.

Legally sourced chocolate could help end deforestation in West Africa

The spread of illegal cocoa plantations, which supply beans to popular candy brands, have caused widespread deforestation across much of the ...

Our progress towards ending deforestation and restoring forests in ...

The Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) is the commitment made by the world's largest cocoa producing countries - Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, civil society and ...

Why the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Why the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa ... The craze of consumers for chocolate is unfortunately linked to illegal deforestation of highly ...

Cocoa & Forests Initiative reports progress on traceability ...

Cocoa & Forests Initiative reports progress on traceability, agroforestry and forest protection in West Africa ... Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, along ...

Mighty Earth report blames West African deforestation on cocoa ...

World Cocoa Foundation president cites Cocoa & Forests Initiative effort, noting action plan will “double down” on ending deforestation.

If we want to keep eating chocolate, we have to end deforestation

Without the right incentives, some farmers may clear forested land to plant more cocoa trees. Taking proactive steps on deforestation is the ...

Action Plans to End Deforestation Released by Governments of ...

A milestone has been reached in strengthening transparency and accountability in the cocoa supply chain to reduce its impact on West African ...

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Ending Deforestation from Cocoa in West Africa with New Data-Driven Resources ... West Africa and can help realize a a deforestation-free cocoa ...