Cacao can be the keystone species in an extremely productive (economically and biologically) forest matrix that functions as a carbon sink, a purveyor of cacao and other products important in the global economy, and a tool for shifting economic and social systems.

This potential is unattainable in the current economic model of post-colonial globalization. We cannot continue to justify our multi-capital debt with corporate financial profits. There needs to be a large scale reinvestment in the Living Capital that forms the foundation of our global economy if we are going evolve into an abundant future.