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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 […]
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.
Cocoa from the conservation zone is purchased by some of the world's 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.
Cocoa from deforested parts of Omo Forest Reserve makes it into the sweets that they make, such as Snickers, M&Ms, Butterfinger and Nutella
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…