Let Us Protect Our Forest- CFI Told
Right advocacy initiative network in collaboration with Cocoa Forest initiative has today organized one day workshop for Cocoa farmers in Ahafo Ano South West district on how they will protect Forest in the country. This report unwraps the unsavoury side of the cocoa industry and shows the urgent need to break the link between chocolate products and deforestation,’. Speaking at the program, Mr Kwabena Brobbey who is the project coordinator for the right advocacy initiative network said, is a need to defend a living planet.
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Right advocacy initiative network in collaboration with Cocoa Forest initiative has today organized one day workshop for Cocoa farmers in Ahafo Ano South West district on how they will protect Forest in the country.
This report unwraps the unsavoury side of the cocoa industry and shows the urgent need to break the link between chocolate products and deforestation,’. Speaking at the program, Mr Kwabena Brobbey who is the project coordinator for the right advocacy initiative network said, is a need to defend a living planet.
He said Chocolate companies like Nestlé, Hershey’s, Mondelez and Mars are beginning to lose hope in Ghana and cote d'Ivoire on how some farmers are destroying our Forest in the name of Cocoa farming in these two countries.
This includes deforestation in designated protected areas that provide vital habitats for endangered wildlife such as chimpanzees, elephants, monkeys and other animals.
He called on Cocoa farmers in the country to desist from this act and protect out Forest in the country.
Mr Kwabena Brobbey urged the farmers to also make it known to other farmers in the country so that, our Forest can be protected in the country for future generations.
Some farmers who made it to the program also gave thanks to the organizer and they promised to protect the forest for future generations
