Spruced up Toyota Vitz adds X-Cite-ment to hatchback's line-up
Generous orange accents help to differentiate the Toyota Vitz X-Cite hatchback from its production sibling the Suzuki Celerio.
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Cocoa grown illegally in a Nigerian rainforest heads to companies that supply major chocolate makers
Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been hacked away to make room for cocoa bound for places like Europe and the U.S. Kehinde Kumayon and his assistant clear low bushes that compete for sunlight with their cocoa trees, which have replaced the lush and dense natural foliage. Over the course of two visits and several days, The Associated Press repeatedly documented farmers harv...
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Does your chocolate fix come with a side of deforestation?
Indulging in chocolate cravings may unwittingly contribute to the deforestation in Nigeria’s Omo Forest Reserve, a habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants OMO FOREST RESERVE, NIGERIA (AP) – Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria […]
Omo Forest Reserve Netherlands General Jean Baptiste Lescop Kehinde Kumayon Saheed Arisekola Agbe Ijebu
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As cocoa trees age, chocolate makers expand into protected forests
Chocolate farmers are moving into protected areas of a forest reserve in Nigeria, harvesting its cocoa for some of the world’s largest suppliers. But chocolate makers say their sweets are responsibly sourced.
Source: csmonitor.com
Nigerian rainforest produces cocoa illegally, supplies to big chocolate makers
Cocoa from the conservation zone is purchased by some of the worlds largest cocoa traders, according to company and trade documents and AP interviews with more than 20 farmers, five licensed buying agents and two brokers all operating within the reserve.
Source: ctvnews.ca
Cocoa grown illegally in a Nigerian rainforest supplied to big chocolate makers
Cocoa from deforested parts of Omo Forest Reserve makes it into the sweets that they make, such as Snickers, M&Ms, Butterfinger and Nutella
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'Astronomical' demand for chocolate threatens protected forests - CSMonitor.com
Chocolate farmers are moving into protected areas of a forest reserve in Nigeria, harvesting its cocoa for some of the world’s largest suppliers. But choc…
Omo Forest Reserve United States Netherlands General Kadet Agro Emmanuel Olabode Jean Baptiste Lescop
Source: csmonitor.com
Illegally grown cocoa from Nigeria entering the supply chain
Over the course of two visits and several days, The Associated Press repeatedly documented farmers harvesting cocoa beans where that work is banned in conservation areas of Omo Forest Reserve, a protected tropical rainforest 135 kilometers (84 miles) northeast of the coastal city of Lagos in southwestern Nigeria.
Source: eastbaytimes.com