Growing coffee in the volcano's shadow

Article Abstract:

The shift to modern approaches in coffee farming has led to disastrous results in Nicaragua. Efforts to eliminate the coffee-boring beetle, la broca, required the use of agrochemicals. The decision to get rid of coffee leaf rust, or la roya, also led to the removal of shade trees and to growing coffee in full sun. This conversion of native forests to sun coffee led to the loss of forest habitats and the disappearance of several birds. Non-governmental organization Fundacion Cocibolca aims to promote the native habitat conservation by protecting Volcan Mombacho Nature Reserve.

Bird refuges, Bird sanctuaries, Nicaragua

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Shade-grown coffee: it's for the birds

Article Abstract:

Growing coffee shrubs in shades or in forest understories has served to provide refuges of biodiversity for birds. Drastic changes in the growing of coffee removed the shades in favor of sun coffee which was influenced by the need to prevent the spread of fungal coffee blights and to increase harvests. However, sun coffee plantations require higher costs in addition to the fact that it threatens the survival of birds and other wildlife.

Birds, Protection of, Bird conservation

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Use of premontane moist forest and shade coffee agroecosystems by army ants in Western Panama

Article Abstract:

Results demonstrate that shade coffee plantations serve as habitats for two species of neotropical ants. These ants are top predators of the leaf litter arthropod and a food source for birds.

United States, Statistical Data Included, Physiological aspects, Influence, Biotic communities, Plantations, Ants, Forest microclimatology

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