Why Shade Coffee Does Not Guarantee Biodiversity Conservation.
Over the past decade, various strategies have emerged to address critical habitat losses through agricultural expansion. The promotion of shade-grown, premium-priced coffee has been highlighted as one alternative. Our research, based on interviews with farmers in Chiapas, disputes some of the assump...
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| author | César Tejeda-Cruz Evodia Silva-Rivera Jonathan R. Barton William J. Sutherland |
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| description | Over the past decade, various strategies have emerged to address critical habitat losses through agricultural expansion. The promotion of shade-grown, premium-priced coffee has been highlighted as one alternative. Our research, based on interviews with farmers in Chiapas, disputes some of the assumptions made by shade coffee campaigners. Results revealed a predisposition to converting forest to shade coffee production due to the socioeconomic challenges farmers face and the potential for increasing incomes. To ensure that their well-being is improved at the same time as reducing environmental impacts, there is clearly a need to provide more detailed information on who is responsible for enforcing certification criteria and how this should take place. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb5a41f10ed44937b01f6600302d73102022-12-21T20:28:42ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872010-03-011511310.5751/ES-02870-1501132870Why Shade Coffee Does Not Guarantee Biodiversity Conservation.César Tejeda-Cruz0Evodia Silva-Rivera1Jonathan R. Barton2William J. Sutherland3Escuela de Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de ChiapasCentro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad VeracruzanaInstituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDepartment of Zoology, University of CambridgeOver the past decade, various strategies have emerged to address critical habitat losses through agricultural expansion. The promotion of shade-grown, premium-priced coffee has been highlighted as one alternative. Our research, based on interviews with farmers in Chiapas, disputes some of the assumptions made by shade coffee campaigners. Results revealed a predisposition to converting forest to shade coffee production due to the socioeconomic challenges farmers face and the potential for increasing incomes. To ensure that their well-being is improved at the same time as reducing environmental impacts, there is clearly a need to provide more detailed information on who is responsible for enforcing certification criteria and how this should take place.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss1/art13/alternative coffeeconservationbiodiversityMexico |
| spellingShingle | César Tejeda-Cruz Evodia Silva-Rivera Jonathan R. Barton William J. Sutherland Why Shade Coffee Does Not Guarantee Biodiversity Conservation. Ecology and Society alternative coffee conservation biodiversity Mexico |
| title | Why Shade Coffee Does Not Guarantee Biodiversity Conservation. |
| title_full | Why Shade Coffee Does Not Guarantee Biodiversity Conservation. |
| title_fullStr | Why Shade Coffee Does Not Guarantee Biodiversity Conservation. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why Shade Coffee Does Not Guarantee Biodiversity Conservation. |
| title_short | Why Shade Coffee Does Not Guarantee Biodiversity Conservation. |
| title_sort | why shade coffee does not guarantee biodiversity conservation |
| topic | alternative coffee conservation biodiversity Mexico |
| url | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss1/art13/ |
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