How Cocoa Farming Can Preserve Forests and Peace in Colombia

Jul 17, 2018 | Edward Davey
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Victor Combita is a cocoa farmer and community leader from San José del Guaviare in the heart of the Colombian Amazon. For many years, his region was the epicenter of Colombia’s civil conflict. It is also among the states with the highest deforestation rates, as a result of livestock, coca production and illegal timber clearing. Combita, however, seeks a different path.