Researchers from the University of the Andes in Colombia used spot satellite imagery to map forest cover within the coffee production landscape. They compared Rainforest Alliance Certified and noncertified coffee farms, and analyzed forest-cover fragmentation. Since most farms in the region grow coffee under shade, forest cover was found to play an important role in the degree of connectivity in the landscape. (The study is only available in Spanish.)
Desde 1992, Chiquita Brands International, la compañía que inventóconcibió la industria del banano, ha estado reinventándola gradualmente, una finca a la vez. Esa transformación ha sido orientada por Rainforest Alliance y sus socios de la Red de Agricultura Sostenible (RAS), una coalición de grupos ambientalistas en ocho países tropicales.
