Cocoa beans exported from Cote d'Ivoire to the EU, originate from deforested land in Liberia

Published 2024년 4월 23일

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An investigation by the Initiatives for Community Development and Forest Conservation (IDEF) has uncovered that companies sourcing cocoa from Côte d'Ivoire are contributing to forest destruction in Liberia due to flawed traceability mechanisms. IDEF, led by Bakary Traoré, has called for the adoption of Côte d'Ivoire's national traceability system to prevent this. The European Union's Deforestation Regulation, set to be enforced from December 2024, prohibits the import and marketing of cocoa beans from deforested lands. However, IDEF emphasizes the need for strong enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance. The investigation also revealed that Ivorian farmers, due to unproductive lands, are deforesting and relocating to Liberia, leading to a lack of infrastructure for exporting cocoa, resulting in beans being carried back to Côte d'Ivoire.

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Authors of an investigation reveal that companies sourcing cocoa from Côte d'Ivoire are promoting the destruction of forests in Liberia. The conclusions of the field investigation, presented by the Initiatives for Community Development and Forest Conservation (IDEF) representative Bakary Traoré, released at a major event held yesterday in Brussels, highlight that the traceability mechanisms used by these companies are flawed and do not comply with the new anti-deforestation regulation published on June 9, 2023, in the Official Journal of the European Union. The investigators argue that these mechanisms should be replaced by the robust and transparent national traceability system now in place in Côte d'Ivoire. "Work is currently underway in Côte d'Ivoire to set up a national traceability system. Under this system, all plots of land in Côte d'Ivoire will be geolocated, and producers will be registered. A map of producers, including a barcode system, will also indicate what ...

Source: All Africa