Environmental benefits of sustainable coffee (English)

A coffee plantation grown under the shade of the natural forest canopy is one of the few production systems that can conserve vital habitats and biodiversity. Currently, extensive areas of tropical forest are being converted into coffee fields, which contributes to overproduction of low-quality produce, deforestation and loss of biodiversity. Coffee is grown in 13 of the worlds 25 biodiversity hotspots - areas of high vulnerability and biological...

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Sorby,Kristina;
Document Date
2002/06/01
Document Type
Working Paper
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29597
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Environmental benefits of sustainable coffee
Keywords
coffee plantation

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Sorby,Kristina.

Environmental benefits of sustainable coffee (English). World Bank agricultural technology note ; no. 30 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/831701468762315416

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