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.
Brazil lawsuits allege direct relationship between meatpackers, deforesters on protected land Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) BY FABIANO MAISONNAVE, ASSOCIATED PRESS AND RUBENS VALENTE, AGENCIA PUBLICAU pdated 6:42 AM GMT+7, December 20, 2023 AP JACI-PARANA, Brazil (AP) Meat processing giant…
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As the world’s demand for chocolate grows, farmers in Nigeria are moving into protected areas of a forest reserve that s home to endangered species like African forest elephants. Over two