Coffee-Driven Deforestation Is Making It Harder to Grow Coffee, Watchdog Group Says

Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says

As the world’s thirst for coffee shows no signs of slowing down, widely used practices to ramp up the crop’s production have become self-defeating, according to a nonprofit watchdog group.In Brazil, the world’s biggest coffee producer, coffee farming is driving deforestation — and that, in turn, makes coffee harder to grow.More than 1,200 square miles of forest were cleared for coffee cultivation in Brazil’s coffee-growing areas between 2001 and…

Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says - TPR: The Public's Radio

In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields. The post Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.

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Brazil’s coffee industry is killing itself through deforestation

Widespread deforestation linked to coffee in the world’s top producer and exporter is degrading soil, reducing rainfall and destroying vital ecosystems The post Brazil’s coffee industry is killing itself through deforestation  appeared first on Macao News.