Cocoa & Biodiversity
By Cynthia Kirkeby
Sep 15, 2006, 19:24 PST
|
|
The Cocoa Tree
You may not think that eating chocolate is a good way to protect the earth, but the cultivation of cocoa trees has become an important part of today's world ecology movement. Cocoa trees are one of the few types of harvest trees that grow well under the canopy of another tree. This trait allows ecoforesters to grow and harvest cocoa tress underneath other crops such as rubber or banana.
Learn all about the strategies and complexities of agroforestry in this accessible site on the cocoa tree.
Cocoa & Biodiversity
From Bean to Bar gives you the history of chocolate...something everyone should know. Did you know that cocoa beans were used as currency? There are all sorts of interesting facts on this site, so have a look around. You'll be amazed at what you'll discover.
Source: Chocolate Manufacturers Association
© Copyright 2006 by Classbrain.com
Top of Page
 |
| Search |
|
|
| 
Email this article
Printer friendly page
