Climate & Environment

Cote d'Ivoire's Cavally Forest is reported to have seen a significant facelift thanks to a 3-year multi-sectoral restoration partnership. Preliminary results from the first phase of the Cavally forest restoration project point to an…
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Members of Seed for Change Initiative, an employee engagement platform of Barry Callebaut Nigeria, have engaged with over 800 students in Nigeria as part of activities marking the International Day of the African Child, commemorated on June…
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Galamsey - the illegal mining of gold and other precious minerals - has become a severe environmental and social issue in many cocoa farming communities across the country. The unregulated mining activities have not only caused vast…
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Ghana has become the second country in Africa, after Mozambique, to cash out on carbon credits for successfully reducing greenhouse emissions. The country, in January this year, was paid a total of $4.8 million by the World Bank's Forest…
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Fairtrade International has updated its Cocoa Standard with a reinforced focus on human rights, the fight against deforestation, traceability, and living income. Confirming the development, the social justice organisation explained the…
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Tropenbos Ghana, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has been named the Change Agent of the Year at the 2022 Ghana Cocoa Awards, held in Accra. The organisation which is affiliated with Tropenbos International was recognised…
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Tropenbos International, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has welcomed the European Union (EU) Deforestation Law calling it a "historic agreement." Noting the law as the first in the world that takes significant steps to…
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The European Union (EU) Parliament Tuesday morning passed a new law that will ban the import of commodities linked to deforestation. The EU Due Diligence law demands that products such as cocoa, coffee, soy, and beef, among others, meet…
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Mighty Earth, an international environment watch group, has launched the Cocoa Accountability Map for Ghana, an online tool to track cocoa-driven deforestation. The interactive map tool, which is accessible to the public at no fee, comes…
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Made in Ghana cocoa fruit beverage brand - Koa - has received key international recognition for its socially responsible business just five years after the establishment of its innovative cocoa fruit venture. The Swiss-Ghanaian…
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