Cocoa and Forests Initiative
The Cocoa and Forests Initiative is an agreement reached between the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, and over thirty-seven major cocoa and chocolate companies. The purpose of the initiative is to end deforestation and replenish the trees and forests that have been destroyed as a result of cocoa production in the area. Between 1988 and 2007, over 2.3 million hectares of rainforest in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana were cleared for cocoa farms. The initiative was announced at the UN Climate Change Conference in November 2017. One of the central tenets of the initiative is a commitment to no further conversion of natural forests to land for cocoa production in West Africa.
In March 2019, the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, in tandem with the cocoa companies, released action plans that laid out concrete steps for ending deforestation. These steps include forest protection and restoration, sustainable cocoa production with an emphasis on the livelihood of farmers, and a system of social inclusion and community engagement.[1]
Key Actions
The Cocoa and Forests Initiative governments and associated companies have begun to implement a series of key actions to halt deforestation:
- Implementation by the government of land use and socio-economic surveys in high priority areas to provide baseline data
- Development of farm mapping and traceability systems to ensure that cocoa is sourced legally and monitored adequately
- Investments in sustainable agricultural intensification
- Use of incentive-based systems in hopes of promoting environmentally sustainable agricultural practices
- Satellite monitoring to track illegal deforestation
On March 2019, thirty-three company signatories, which account for roughly 85% of global cocoa usage, released detailed individual action plans. These plans lay out the specific actions that each company will take in 2018-2022, in order to deliver on their commitments laid out in the Frameworks for Action of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Cocoa & Forests Initiative". World Cocoa Foundation. 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ↑ "Cocoa & Forests Initiative". IDH - the sustainable trade initiative. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
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