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WWF urges scaling of incentives to curb cocoa-driven deforestation

Published 13:40 on February 17, 2026 / Last updated at 13:40 on February 17, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature & Biodiversity (Corporate, Policy)

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Incentives for cocoa actors must be scaled up to curb the sector's impacts on nature, with payments for ecosystem services (PES) and regenerative farming among the solutions that should be explored, according to a WWF report.
Incentives for cocoa actors must be scaled up to curb the sector's impacts on nature, with payments for ecosystem services (PES) and regenerative farming among the solutions that should be explored, according to a WWF report.


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