"Gambi Gbanble harvests a pod of cocoa beans from his plantation near the village of Baba, in the southern rainforests of Ivory Coast, May 30, 1998. Gbanble is typical of thousands of farmers who have carved a living for themselves out of protected forests that are quickly disappearing. Experts warn of impending ecological disaster unless the environmental destruction is stopped. (AP Photo/Clement Ntaye)" AP Photo Archives http://accuweather.ap.org