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STRATEGI PANTAI GADING DALAM MENGHADAPI EU DEFORESTATION REGULATION PADA KOMODITAS KAKAO
Deforestation is one of the main drivers of climate change and biodiversity loss. As a major consumer of deforestation products, the European Union has a responsibility to put an end to this. To minimize the use of deforestation-related products, the EU has introduced the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), aimed at reducing the EU's contribution to global deforestation and forest degradation. The EUDR will monitor seven commodities, including coffee, cocoa, palm oil, rubber, beef, donkey meat, and timber. Cocoa, where the majority of production comes from Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast exports approximately 59% of its cocoa to the EU. Since cocoa is one of the commodities monitored by the EUDR, Ivory Coast can no longer export cocoa to the EU and must comply with the EUDR if it wishes to resume exports. This study focuses on Ivory Coast's strategy in addressing the EU Deforestation Regulation on cocoa commodities using the theory of commercial diplomacy. Ivory Coast, together with the Cocoa & Forest Initiative (CFI), has developed strategies such as using agroforestry systems for cocoa cultivation and is developing a national tracking system to trace the origin of cocoa and assist farmers in improving cocoa plantation productivity.