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Climate & Environment
Climate & Environment is a category that focuses on natural conditions necessary for cocoa production.
It features content on the subject of forests, deforestation, environmental degradation, weather, climate change and interventions by industry stakeholders.
Progress As Industry Partnership Aids Forest Restoration
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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Nigerian Students Plant Trees To Mark International Day Of The African Child
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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Innovation and Governance: Combating Galamsey To Protect Our Cocoa Farms
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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Carbon Credits From Climate-Smart Cocoa Earns Ghana $4.8-Million Reward
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 Expands Human Rights And Deforestation Requirements
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 Picks Up Change Agent Award
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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EU Deforestation Law Weak In Inclusive Implementation
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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EU Approves Law To Ban Commodities Linked To Deforestation
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 Launches Cocoa Accountability Map To Track Deforestation In Ghana
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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Koa Cocoa Fruit Brand Attains B Corp Certification
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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