The cocoa industry is failing to meet a highly publicised pledge to stop deforestation in west Africa and eliminate tainted beans from supply chains, environmental campaigners say. Then, at the UN’s conference on climate change in Bonn, the cocoa and chocolate companies responsible for the purchase of 80% of west Africa’s cocoa promised to end forest destruction. Satellite mapping shows many new areas where there has been significant deforestation in the past year, particularly in Ivory Coast. Facebook Twitter Pinterest An area of newly cleared forest near Bloléquin in Ivory Coast, photographed in October. Very little of the cocoa industry’s $100bn (£80bn) profit makes it into the pockets of cocoa farmers even now.

Source: The Guardian December 07, 2018 04:52 UTC