Tagged with "Cocoa & Forests Initiative"

• Progress on forest maps, monitoring and farm boundaries in Ghana

  The Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) commits companies and the Ghana government to stop further conversion of any forest land for cocoa production, as well as end production and sourcing…

  Progress on forest maps, monitoring and farm boundaries in Ghana

• Social and Environmental Safeguards Guidelines for Ghana

  Deforestation has many drivers, including the farmers/communities that are illegally encroaching on forest areas to produce cocoa. To stop deforestation and restore forests, some of these communities will need to…

  Social and Environmental Safeguards Guidelines for Ghana

• 5 landscape protection stories for International Forest Day

  Today is International Day of Forests! To celebrate, we highlight five initiatives that showcase the power of landscape approaches in tackling commodity-driven deforestation. Forests hold the key…

  5 landscape protection stories for International Forest Day

• Action Plans to End Deforestation Released by Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and Leading Chocolate & Cocoa Companies

  A milestone has been reached in strengthening transparency and accountability in the cocoa supply chain to reduce its impact on West African forests. The top cocoa-producing countries of Côte d’Ivoire…

  Action Plans to End Deforestation Released by Governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and Leading Chocolate & Cocoa Companies

• High-Level Meeting of the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Utrecht

  Discussions focused on current actions and upcoming priorities, next steps in Colombia, relevance of the initiative in Liberia and Cameroon and actions needed to move thematic working groups forward. 76 participants attended…

  High-Level Meeting of the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Utrecht

• Progress on Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Action Plans

  Thirty-one companies have submitted their draft action plans to WCF to be aggregated and shared with the governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in December, with the aim to publish…

  Progress on Cocoa & Forests Initiative Company Action Plans

• From forests to farms: Cargill tracks commitment to protect the planet

  Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate believes that eliminating deforestation in the cocoa supply chain is imperative; not only to protect our planet’s natural resources, but also to safeguard the income potential…

  From forests to farms: Cargill tracks commitment to protect the planet

• La SODEFOR mi-parcours le recensement dans la forêt classée de Goin-Débé

  La Société de Développement des Forêts (SODEFOR) a pour priorité de réduire le phénomène de déforestation et d’entamer de vaste programme de reforestation des forêts classées. Afin d’atteindre cet objectif,…

  La SODEFOR mi-parcours le recensement dans la forêt classée de Goin-Débé

• Prince Charles visits the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Accra

  A high level Cocoa & Forests Initiative meeting was organized to brief HRH the Prince of Wales on progress of the initiative, on the 5th of November in Accra. The…

  Prince Charles visits the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Accra

• SODEFOR half-way the full census of the Goin-Débé forest reserve

  SODEFOR, the state agency for the development of forest reserves has the priority to end deforestation and to initiate reforestation of these forest reserves. In order to achieve this, SODEFOR…

  SODEFOR half-way the full census of the Goin-Débé forest reserve