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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Tackling cocoa-led deforestation in West Africa - film 
 screening and Q&A - Bastien Sachet (Earthworm Foundation)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200313T161500Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200313T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:OCTF seminar followed by drinks - all welcome\, booking requir
 ed\n\nIf you have eaten chocolate recently the chances are the cocoa in it
  was grown in the Ivory Coast - the West Africans produce 40% of the world
 ’s cocoa. Cocoa is grown there exclusively by smallholder farmers\, but 
 in an attempt to improve their yields a growing number of farmers are cutt
 ing down forests to plant their crops.  If they continue at the current sp
 eed it’s estimated Ivory Coast will have little standing forests left by
  2034. \n\nThe regulations to tackle this are failing. Last year\, the lea
 ding organisation responsible for monitoring standards in the cocoa indust
 ry was reported to have regularly approved cocoa from West African farms t
 hat have contributed to deforestation. We need to protect forests by worki
 ng with the people that have a direct impact on them. Long-lasting forest 
 protection only happens when governments\, businesses\, NGOs and communiti
 es work together to find land-use solutions. \n\nMany companies committed 
 to achieve no deforestation in their supply chains by 2020. Still large ar
 eas of the forests of West Africa are lost each day. There is hope - techn
 ology can and is speeding up the transition towards zero deforestation. No
 w it’s time for the chocolate and cocoa industry to move away from compl
 iance and consider the needs of cocoa farmers. That way we can enhance the
 ir livelihoods and protect the remaining forest areas and endangered speci
 es that live within them. \n\nBastien Sachet is CEO of Earthworm Foundatio
 n\, a global non-profit which supports businesses to protect and regenerat
 e forests and soils around the world. Bastien helped coordinate the organi
 sation’s palm oil strategy\, heading up teams in France\, Switzerland an
 d Africa. He also launched the Rurality programme\, which works to empower
  smallholder farmers.\n\nSpeakers:\nBastien Sachet (Earthworm Foundation)
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building (Gottmann Room\, 1st floor (lift available
 ))\, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
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