Session VIII Environmental Dimensions Conservation and the Current Coffee Crisis.

Session VIII

Environmental Dimensions

Conservation and the Current Coffee Crisis

Where CI works

Biodiversity

We are consuming the natural habitats that support life

Forests: 50% gone Coral reefs: 60% at risk

Consumers are concerned Loss of rain forests a “serious

problem”, rating higher than any other environmental issue

Meson-American Hotspot

1,026,117 km2

24,000 plants (5000 endemic)

2,859 vertebrates (1,159 endemics)

Meson-American Hotspot

Only 20% original vegetation remains

400,000 hectares lost each year

50 hectares per hour

Coffee and Environment

Organic waste

Aquatic ecosystems

Impacts coffee quality

Coffee and Conservation

Habitat provided by fields

Habitat provided by farms

Habitat provided by adjacent forest

Coffee Crisis and Conservation

Loss of field diversity

Loss of forest on farms

Loss of adjacent forest

Conservation Actions

Short-Term Impact

Declare new parks and reserves

Strengthen protected areas

Purchase farms adjacent to protected areas

Concessions and private reserves

Private Reserves

Agroforestry

Reforestation

Conservation Actions

Long-Term

Restoration of degraded lands

Diversification of coffee fields

Replant traditional varieties

Develop environmental services (water, carbon)

Conservation and Alliance Partners

GEF (World Bank, UNDP, UNEP)

IDB (Environment Programs, Multilateral Investment Fund)

International Conservation Organizations (WWF, TNC, CI etc.)

Private Foundations and Other Interested Donors

New Solutions

Private Sector Producer Partners

Purchasing guidelines

Relationship coffees

Industry Standards

Solutions

Credit and Financial Mechanisms

Financing with ecological returns

Reduce financing costs to increase profits

(example: IFC/GEF Credit Fund)

Parting ThoughtsParting Thoughts

•Trade-offsTrade-offs• Not Good vs. BadNot Good vs. Bad• Real CostsReal Costs• Who and how to payWho and how to pay• When will we payWhen will we pay