Although about one billion cups are coffee are consumed worldwide daily–most people do not link the dark, velvety liquid in their cup with the abundant plant and animal life found in regions where coffee is grown. The way that coffee farms are managed varies widely– from a monoculture of coffee plants with little to no shade trees intermixed with the crop (“sun coffee”) to farms with many different types of trees and vegetation interspersed between the coffee plants (“shade coffee”). Sun coffee often uses heavy chemical inputs and provides little habitat for wildlife, whereas shade coffee, which mimics natural forests, provides a refuge for wildlife and ecosystem services and requires fewer, if any, agrochemicals. Can coffee farms be managed in a way that protects wildlife habi

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