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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: César Tejeda-Cruz, Evodia Silva-Rivera, Jonathan R. Barton, William J. Sutherland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2010-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss1/art13/