Seeds rescued from India’s coffee farms could help forest restoration

Seeds rescued from India’s coffee farms could help forest restoration

Coffee agroforests in India’s Western Ghats mountains, where coffee shrubs are grown under the shade of trees, could be a good source of seeds for forest restoration efforts, according to a recent study, reports Mongabay India’s Simrin Sirur. Much of India’s coffee is grown in the rain-rich Western Ghats, a global biodiversity hotspot. Coffee farms have fragmented the region’s tropical forests, but many plantation owners intentionally grow coffe…