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Sustainable Coffee Farming: Improving Income and Social Conditions Protecting Water, Soil and Forests

Synthesis paper
Case study

Published May 2014 by Rainforest Alliance (RA). Authored by Whelan, T. and Newsom, D.

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Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

Rainforest Alliance (RA)

Sustainability Issues:

Forests and other ecosystems
Freshwater and oceans
Health and wellbeing

Outcomes of Interest:

Fertilizers
Habitat for plants and wildlife
Knowledge

Specific Themes:

Ecosystem 
Scalability / scalable solutions

Sectors:

Agriculture

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption
Region/Country:

Geographies:

Global

Summary

This report reflects on the literature published on the economic outcomes and impacts of Rainforest Alliance certification on coffee farms, the role of Rainforest Alliance certification on conserving the integrity of standing forests and maintaining and/or restoring forest cover and connectivity and their efforts towards better water conservation, integrated crop management, and soil management and conservation.

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Sustainable Coffee Farming: Improving Income and Social Conditions Protecting Water, Soil and Forests

Synthesis paper
Case study

Published May 2014 by Rainforest Alliance (RA). Authored by Whelan, T. and Newsom, D.

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