Hybrid mapping method key to EUDR cocoa compliance, study finds

Hybrid mapping method key to EUDR cocoa compliance, study finds

A coalition of organizations has assessed how locally produced maps stack up against global open-access data sets to evaluate deforestation in the context of cocoa production. The assessment will be useful for cocoa producers as they work toward compliance with the EU anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR), set to take effect at the end of the year, the organizations note in a recent report. The EUDR’s goal is to prevent tropical deforestation by …

Cocoa sector deserves robust protective legislation

The Chief Exec­utive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCO­BOD), Dr Randy Abbey, has called on the Attorney General and Parliament to implement more stringent legislation to safeguard cocoa trees from the destructive activities of illegal miners and chainsaw operators. Speaking during International Labour Day celebrations with cocoa farmers in Nkawie in the Ashanti Region, Dr Abbey high­lighted the catastrophic loss of thousands of cocoa trees …