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Slave labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation

Daniela Penha contributor for Repórter Brasil 18 Sep 2018

Chocolate and agroforestry accelerate in El Salvador

Anna-Catherine Brigida 14 Mar 2018

Zero-deforestation pledges need help, support to meet targets, new study finds

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2018

Rainforest Alliance, UTZ announce merger to create single sustainability standard and certification program

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2017

The resistance of Peruvian coffee

Jack Lo Lau 30 May 2017
Typical landscape in Vietnam that's suitable for growing Coffea canephora. Photo by Michael Tatarski

Vietnam faces dilemma on forests as climate change threatens coffee crops

Michael Tatarski 1 Dec 2016
Bags of coffee at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange's warehouse in Awassa. Photo courtesy of DFID - UK Department for International Development

Development of Ethiopia’s Yayu biosphere a lifeline for organic coffee

Elias Gebreselassie 27 Nov 2016
A coffee cup with beans. Photo by Lotus Head/Wikimedia Commons

This is why your coffee beans matter to the planet

Genevieve Belmaker 10 Nov 2016
Coffea Arabica plant. Photo by Forest and Kim Star/Wikimedia Commons

Ethiopia’s vulnerable tropical forests are key to securing future of wild coffee

Fiona Hesselden at the University of Huddersfield 10 Oct 2016
Villagers in Tanzania use mobile monitoring to keep an eye on the forests. Photo courtesy USAID Africa

Despite conservation efforts, Tanzania’s forests still under pressure

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 7 Oct 2016

World’s most expensive coffee often produced from caged, abused civets, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 May 2016

Conservation groups buy land from 109 coffee farmers, create reserve for rare salamanders

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Oct 2015

Lombok’s blooming community forest bears fruit and raises livelihoods – and haj trips

Jay Fajar 7 Oct 2015

Consumer choice: Shade-grown coffee and cocoa good for the birds, farmers, ecosystems

Michael Buelna 22 May 2015

McDonald’s to address deforestation across all commodities it sources

Rhett A. Butler 21 Apr 2015

Downturn in shade-grown coffee putting forests, wildlife, people at risk

Nika Levikov 11 Jul 2014

Rainforest Alliance eco-certified coffee hits 1 billion pounds

Mongabay.com 17 May 2014

Elephants in the midst: warning system prevents human-elephant conflicts in India, saves lives

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 8 May 2014

Commodity eco-certification skyrockets, but standards slip

Rhett A. Butler 1 May 2014

Is Brazil’s epic drought a taste of the future?

Rhett A. Butler 25 Feb 2014

Preserving forest, birds boosts coffee profit up to $300/ha by controlling pests

Rhett A. Butler 11 Sep 2013

Coffee and climate change: an uncertain future for millions of farmers around the world

Jennifer Chesworth 29 Jul 2013

Civet poop coffee may be threatening wild species

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2013

Over 100,000 farmers squatting in Sumatran park to grow coffee

Jeremy Hance 6 Nov 2012

Bird diversity at risk if ‘agroforests’ replaced with farmland

Caillie Mutterback 13 Sep 2012

Wealthy consumption threatens species in developing countries

Jacob Munger 11 Jul 2012

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