Cocoa & Forests Initiative

The Cocoa & Forests Initiative

is an active commitment of top cocoa-producing countries with leading chocolate and cocoa companies to end deforestation and restore forest areas, through no further conversion of any forest land for cocoa production… 

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Objectives

Forest Protection and Restoration

Conservation of forest reserves, national parks and forested land, as well as restoration of forests that have been degraded by cocoa farm encroachment

Sustainable Production and Farmers Livelihood

Sustainable intensification and diversification of income to increase farmers’ yields and livelihood, to grow “more cocoa on less land” and thereby reduce pressure on forests

Community Engagement and Social Inclusion

Engagement and empowerment of cocoa-growing communities. In particular mitigation of the social impacts and risks of land-use changes on affected cocoa farmers and their communities

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ABOUT US

The Cocoa & Forests Initiative is an active commitment of two top cocoa-producing countries, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire with thirty-five leading chocolate and cocoa companies representing 85% of the world’s cocoa trade to end deforestation and restore forest areas, through no further conversion of any forest land for cocoa production.

USEFUL LINKS

Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative
World Cocoa Foundation (WCF)

ADDRESS & CONTACTS

The National Secretariat

Cocoa & Forests Initiative

Ministry of Lands & Natural Resources

Starlets 91 Rd, Ministries-Accra