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Implications for AP study of cocoa from a protected Nigerian rainforest

OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — The habitat of a dwindling population of endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a victim of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation from the cultivation of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is destroying the Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate… Read More »