Ivory Coast to Start Destroying Cocoa Trees in Forests
- Farmers grow as much as 500,000 tons per season in forests
- Country will raise $1.1 billion to implement program
Photographer: Jose Cendon/Bloomberg
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Ivory Coast said it will start destroying cocoa crops that are grown in protected areas as the world’s top producer seeks to end the destruction of its forests.
The West African country had 16 million hectares (40 million acres) of forests in 1960, but this has fallen to 3 million hectares, according to the government. The nation wants to recover 20 percent of its forest cover in the next ten years.