CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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In a country where coffee is king, sustainability is brewing
By Raina Lang
May 23, 2017
CI experts traveled to Nicaragua to learn how McDonald’s coffee roasters are helping local coffee farmers and their communities.
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Cloud-piercing satellites unleash torrent of new data, new insights into planet Earth
By Cassandra Kane
March 21, 2016
Radar-based technology could expand what we know about how people are using land from Sumatra to Peru.
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Indonesian coffee farmers grapple with climate of uncertainty
By Fitri Hasibuan
February 5, 2016
Shifting weather patterns may make coffee harder to grow in North Sumatra — but it’s still better than the alternative.
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Illegal logger turned forest champion — with help from hummingbirds
By Cassandra Kane
January 5, 2016
For Norbil Becerra, destroying forests was a necessary evil — until the day he saw a hummingbird.
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Your morning cup: now with more trees
By Bambi Semroc
September 29, 2015
Climate variability in many coffee-producing countries is threatening crops and worsening deforestation.
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