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News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

© Kyle Obermann
Tags: China Climate Change coffee India Mexico National Coffee Day Rwanda smallholder farmers Starbucks Sustainable Coffee Challenge tropical forests What on Earth

What on Earth is ‘sustainable’ coffee?

By Bruno Vander Velde

September 29, 2016
What makes coffee “sustainable,” and why it even matters.
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Rod Mast
Tags: Africa agriculture coffee conservation agreements Conservation Stewards Program deforestation food security forests Rwanda

Growing cleaner, better coffee in the ‘land of a thousand hills’

By Amos Thiongo

September 23, 2016
Conservation agreements are helping Rwandan coffee farmers improve production — and fetch a better price.
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Keiko Mori/Kwita Izina
Tags: Akagera National Park Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa Gishwati-Mukuru National Park gorillas rhinos Rwanda Sustainable Development Goals Volcanoes National Park

What’s in a (gorilla’s) name? Rwanda’s arrival as conservation leader

By Dr. Sandy Andelman

September 20, 2016
Amid a seemingly endless news cycle of wildlife losses and land degradation coming out of Africa, Rwanda is a conservation bright spot.
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