THE COCOA supply chain ... of colleagues set out to map deforestation driven by cocoa farming across Ivory Coast and Ghana, which together produce two-thirds of the world’s cocoa.

Cocoa-producing countries have asked the European Union ... the establishment of an exhaustive traceability system". The EU's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is due to come into force from 30 ...

The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT have assessed the most commonly used maps for environmental compliance To strengthen and standardise ...

Côte d'Ivoire is the world's largest producer of cocoa ... financing of deforestation-linked commodities. The study identifies gaps within the industry making it difficult to map out a clear ...

with most of the world’s cocoa plantations well past their peak production years. The low income of farmers is a key driver of deforestation as farmers fell trees to expand farms – some 94% ...

Across cacao-producing countries ... survey on a cocoa plot in Mbalmayo, Cameroon. Image by Jonas Ngouhouo-Poufounn. “It’s the demand that’s driving deforestation, even at the expense ...

Map of deforestation in Ivory Coast ... the Ivory Coast—the world’s top cocoa-producing country—lost 94% of its forests since 1990. The Ivory Coast is not a rinky-dink footnote for the ...

Deforestation and the destruction of natural ecosystems continue to plague European food supply chains. According to NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF ... we created this new soy production map and tool.” ...

we foresee a scenario where significant volumes of deforestation-free cocoa (without supporting documentation) will be blocked. This will have a direct impact on farmers in producing countries ...