A good report on the dynamics of illegal cocoa farming in Liberia – and the people trapped within it and fighting it – but one that fails to deliver a punch.

I looked and looked for “what can be done about it” but all I found was a section about the EU’s law that will clamp down on it. A good thing in theory, but Europe is deeply embroiled in setting the terms of extractive finance that impoverishes African nations. This article *should* join the dots but doesn’t…
https://mastodon.green/@mongabay/116957921002237494