Measuring and Managing the Environmental Cost of Coffee Production in Latin America

Measuring and Managing the Environmental Cost of Coffee Production in Latin America

Coffee is a major international commodity, and because of this, coffee production has the potential for considerable global impacts on the environment. These impacts can include the consumption of energy, water, land and the loss of native forest. Here we quantify these costs using Costa Rica as a c...

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Main Authors: Arce Victor Julio, Raudales Raul, Trubey Rich, King David, Chandler Richard, Chandler Carlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
Subjects:
biodiversity
bird
coffee
conservation
energy
integrated open canopy
processing
production
Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2009;volume=7;issue=2;spage=141;epage=144;aulast=Arce

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