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Your chocolate can help save the planet. Here’s how

A man examines cocoa beans at La Calera farm in Granada, Nicaragua July 21, 2017. Picture taken July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas - RC187437A8D0

Cocoa, the main ingredient in our chocolate, has driven deforestation in West Africa. Image: REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

Richard Scobey
President, World Cocoa Foundation
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