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Missing the forest for the trees: Conservationists emphasize the need for intact forest in coffee landscapes

  • June 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Missing the forest for the trees: Conservationists emphasize the need for intact forest in coffee landscapes
As conservationists seek to maintain biodiversity levels in tropical coffee landscapes, data indicate the presence and quality of surrounding forest habitat may play a larger role than previously thought. New research from the Colombian Andes shows that conserving forest cover across coffee-growing landscapes is essential for sustaining diverse bird communities, even more than farm-level shade tree management alone.

Originally published at Phys.org

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