Major companies selling illegally grown coffee

COFFEE lovers around the globe are drinking coffee which was illegally grown inside one of the world’s most important national parks for highly endangered tigers, elephants and rhinos, according to an investigative report published yesterday.

Conservation organisation World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said that coming from Bukit Barisan Selatan (BBS) National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia, the illegally grown coffee is mixed by local traders with legal coffee beans and exported from Indonesia to companies such as Kraft Foods and Nestle.

The report “Gone in an Instant” states most of the companies buying the coffee were unaware of its illegal origins, based on the lack of regulation in the region.