The Managing Director for cocoa and chocolate producer Barry Callebaut, Ghana, Charity Sackitey, has said the proliferation of illegal mining, which takes an environmental toll, is negatively affecting the cocoa segment. “Another concern is the proximity of illegal and small-scale mining to cocoa plantations, as heavy metal poisoning and pollution are degrading the land and…
By: Cathy McIlwain (Professor of Geography, Queen Mary University of London), Caroline Moser (Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester) One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as trafficking, forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation occur both in public and in private spaces. Today, these forms of violence…
By: Vanesa Castán Broto (Senior Lecturer Environment and Sustainable Development, UCL) Habitat III- the United Nation’s global conference on the future of cities – has come to a close. About 30,000 people gathered in Quito, Ecuador, to discuss the key issues facing cities today and sign off on the New Urban Agenda – the global…
By: Sayma Akhter ?(PhD researcher, Bangor University) , Morag McDonald (Professor of Ecology & Catchment Management, Bangor University) , Ray Marriott (Research fellow, Bangor University) Theobroma, the genus to which cacao, or “cocoa” as we know it, belongs, translates from the Latin as “food of the gods”. Ask any serious chocoholic and they would agree…