Cocoa boom fuels new wave of deforestation in Cameroon

Mongabay
Aug 4, 2025, 10:47 am205 ptsTop
Once threatened by palm oil and loggers, Cameroon’s forests now face a new driver of deforestation: booming cacao production to supply the European market. A new report by the environmental advocacy group Mighty Earth finds deforestation in Cameroon has accelerated, with the country losing around 782,000…

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