Ethiopia's vulnerable tropical forests are key to securing the future of coffee

The Ecologist
Mar 24, 2016, 12:21 pm60 pts
Coffee may be grown all around the tropics, writes Fiona Hesselden, but it originates in just one place: the 'coffee rainforests' of the Ethiopian highlands. We depend on the wild plants for new genes and varieties, yet the forests are falling fast to the advance of farmers. To preserve the forests and all…

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