Liberia: Cocoa Farming in Liberia Risks Undermining EU Deforestation Law

Apr 22, 2024 | Joe Bavier, Reuters
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Farmers are clearing forests in Liberia to create cocoa plantations and are trafficking the beans into neighbouring Ivory Coast, undermining European efforts to curb deforestation, research by a conservation group showed on Monday. A law approved by the European Union and set to come into force at the end of this year aims to prevent agricultural commodities linked to deforestation around to world from entering the European market.