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Issues: Health

Coffee, Conservation, and Commerce in the Western Hemisphere
How Individuals and Institutions Can Promote Ecologically Sound Farming and Forest Management in Northern Latin America

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Credits

Principal Authors
Robert A. Rice
Justin R. Ward

Production and design
Weadon Progressive Communication Services.
Cover design: Shannon Palmer © 1996
Inside artwork by Shannon Palmer © 1996
Printing: Weadon Progressive Communication Services.

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
National Zoological Park
Washington, D.C. 20008

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to a number of experts who took time to review drafts of this report and to furnish valuable editorial comments. These authorities include Gilberto Amaya, Douglas Boucher, Jonathan Fox, Russell Greenberg, David Griswold, Luís Hernández Navarro, Ronald Nigh, Peter Rosset, Michael Saxenian, Jacob Scherr, Olman Segura, Bob Thomson, Lori Ann Thrupp, and John Vandermeer. Additional helpful information and advice was provided by Jesus Alvarado, David Bray, Jorge Cuevas, Rink Dickinson, Manuel Fernandez, Sergio Garcia, Tom Harding, Ayo Heinegg, Ellen Hickey, Polly Hoppin, Tony Kleese, Ann Mendenhall, Elsa Nivia, and Matthew Wexler. Research on key factual and policy issues was conducted by NRDC Program Assistant Stacey Justus. The authors are solely responsible for the contents of this report.

Generous support for NRDC's activities concerning biodiversity conservation in Latin America has been provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The Moriah Fund.