Cocoa production has been a major driver of deforestation in West Africa over the past decades. With initiatives like the Cocoa & Forests Initiative, the Amsterdam Declaration Partnership, producing country…
Tree tenure, the ownership and benefit sharing in planted and naturally growing trees on cocoa farms, is a very delicate issue to tackle when working with local farmers in Ghana.…
Thirty companies, accounting for about 85% of global cocoa usage, have now released their individual action plans to end deforestation in the cocoa sector and restore forest areas. The action…