Cacao trees that produce cocoa beans for chocolate grow in rainforests. Rainforests help address climate change by storing carbon dioxide from the air. The document suggests that by supporting chocolate production and rainforest preservation, people can help reduce carbon dioxide levels and mitigate the effects of climate change.

1. CAN CHOCOLATE SAVE THE WORLD?
Do you ever eat chocolate? This sweet, rich tasting
treat is very popular everywhere in the world. But
experts now believe that chocolate is not just a
sweet. It may help save the world!

2. Do you think it’s possible?
Let’s see, how chocolate is made:
Chocolate is made from the cocoa bean, found in pods
(illustrated above) growing from the trunk and lower
branches of the Cacao Tree, Latin name 'Theobroma
Cacao' meaning "food of the gods".

3. Do you know about cacao trees?
Cacao trees grow deep in the
forests of many southern countries.
Throughout the year, round fruit
grows on the cacao trees. The fruit
can grow up to thirty five and a half
centimeters long. And it can be
many different colours - yellow,
green, red or purple.

4. How can chocolate help save the planet?
As many people know, our world is
very sick. People are poisoning the
air with carbon dioxide. When people
burn fossil fuels, they create carbon
dioxide. Fossil fuels include gas and
oil. People use these fuels for many
activities - and they are necessary to
many communities. But high levels of
carbon dioxide are causing climate
change - including rising
temperatures around the world.
Cacao trees usually grow in rainforests. And rainforests can help protect the
planet from climate change. This is because the trees in a rainforest store
carbon dioxide.
They take it out of the air. And they do not release it until they die.

5. LET’S SAVE OUR PLANET AND TRY TO
SAVE
RAIN FORESTS!

6. LET’S SAVE OUR PLANET AND TRY TO
SAVE
RAIN FORESTS!