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Environment
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

How Ghana's gold rush threatens to fuel illicit trade DW 11/05/2025

Illegal artisanal gold mining (galamsey) in Ghana has surged, causing environmental, agricultural, health, and social harms while drawing farmers away from cocoa production.
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Trick or Eco-Treat: Halloween Candy Quandary

With Halloween approaching, many of our readers want to avoid contributing to the problem of childhood obesity in America-approximately 1 in 5 U.S. children and adolescents now have obesity-or child labor on cacao plantations around the world. Recent reports show that 1.56 million children are engaged in child labor on cocoa farms in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, which together produce nearly 60% of the world's cocoa.
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