From: RTS
In Côte d’Ivoire, the Maraouhé park is one of the last remaining wild forests, a sanctuary for the last 200 to 400 elephants in the country.
This forest is however threatened by cocoa. Illegal growers cut old trees and replace them with cocoa trees, as the RTS (French-speaking Swiss television company) was able to verify on the spot. Once in the warehouses of local cooperatives, the beans are mixed with cocoa from other plantations. Traceability is lost. These bags with mixed cocoa are resold as UTZ cocoa and end up in a regional headquarters of Cargill. Local Cargill employees explained to the RTS that the cocoa is resold to Nestlé and exported to Europe.
In Côte d’Ivoire, the Maraouhé park is one of the last remaining wild forests, a sanctuary for the last 200 to 400 elephants in the country.
This forest is however threatened by cocoa. Illegal growers cut old trees and replace them with cocoa trees, as the RTS (French-speaking Swiss television company) was able to verify on the spot. Once in the warehouses of local cooperatives, the beans are mixed with cocoa from other plantations. Traceability is lost. These bags with mixed cocoa are resold as UTZ cocoa and end up in a regional headquarters of Cargill. Local Cargill employees explained to the RTS that the cocoa is resold to Nestlé and exported to Europe.
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