Glenn is the Founder and CEO of Mighty Earth, a global environmental organization. He leads campaigns to protect forests, conserve oceans, and solve climate change. He has secured strict No Deforestation, No Exploitation policies from the world’s largest agribusinesses, including companies that cover the overwhelming majority of global palm oil trade.
New data shows that forests are still being cleared for cocoa cultivation in Ghana and Ivory Coast despite commitments made by companies in 2019.
The areas we visited are being deforested for cocoa. Most of the deforested sites already contain young cocoa plants.