Cameroon ‘cocoa boom’ fuelling deforestation, report claims

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Cameroon is looking to capitalise on productivity declines in Ghana and Ivory Coast due to global heating, crop disease, and outdated farming practices

A cocoa boom in Cameroon, driven by record high commodity prices and falling production by other key producers, means the country risks “becoming the next deforestation hotspot”, a new report by Mighty Earth has warned.

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