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Experts are warning climate change and deforestation are putting more than half the world's wild coffee species at risk of extinction

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Experts are warning climate change and deforestation are putting more than half the world's wild coffee species at risk of extinction

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More than 50% of the world’s wild coffee species are at risk of extinction. Climate change and deforestation are even placing commercial coffees like Arabica and Robusta under the pump, scientists warned on Wednesday. The way we conserve wild coffee species today is not going to be any good to protect their long-term future, researchers warn.

LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change and deforestation are putting more than half the world’s wild coffee species at risk of extinction, including the popular commercial coffees Arabica and Robusta, scientists warned on Wednesday.

Research published by experts at Britain’s Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew found that current conservation measures for wild coffee species are not enough to protect their long-term future.

See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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