Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Mainstreaming Ecosystem Service Values Into Agricultural Practices: The Value of Native Shade Trees and Forest to Coffee Farms in Central and Western Jamaica

Grantee Name: Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation

Hotspot: Caribbean Islands
Location: Jamaica
Amount: $19,006
Dates: Mar 2013 – Dec 2013
Keywords: Agriculture, Research, Landscape Resilience

Measure the degree to which coffee growing in Jamaica ceases to expand at the expense of forested habitats, and instead expands by making marginal land more profitable for an exported agricultural product while protecting native biodiversity.

Strategic Direction :

2 Integrate biodiversity conservation into landscape and development planning and implementation in six conservation corridors

Project Resources:

Mainstreaming Ecosystem Service Values Into Agricultural Practices: The Value of Native Shade Trees and Forest to Coffee Farms in Central and Western Jamaica

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