Amazon mapping shows cacao expansion without deforestation in Brazil

Mongabay
Nov 5, 2026, 4:28 pm128 ptsTrending
As record cocoa prices drive farmers in West Africa to clear native forest, a new study suggests the crop is following a different path in the Brazilian Amazon: It’s spreading onto land that was cleared long ago. Mapping by Embrapa, Brazil’s state-run agricultural research agency, found that the area on…

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