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A Rainforest of Opportunity – beragampengetahuan – Beragampengetahuan
My brother, who is an assistant professor of economics, and I were talking one night. The conversation went through the usual range of topics for siblings: baseball, hockey, etc. I had made some off-handed observation about where I live and my brother said something that struck terror into my heart: “You should write that down. […]
Takeaways on AP’s investigation into cocoa coming from a protected Nigerian rainforest – Beragampengetahuan
OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate change and […]