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In +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Nicaragua, for example, project staff have been working for seven +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-years in the northern Pacific community of Las Penitas, which +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-depends on the surrounding mangrove forest for firewood and timber +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-for construction.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Thanks to Olafo field studies, residents are +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p 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+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Coffee for the Birds +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Millions of the songbirds now singing of spring's arrival in the+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-North spent the previous few months in Mexican, Central American,+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and Caribbean forests, and -- researchers have found -- in certain+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-coffee farms.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-The traditional way of growing coffee is under the+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-shade of towering tropical trees that apparently provide +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-acceptable habitat for migratory songbirds, like the melodious +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-American redstart, ovenbird and black-throated blue warbler.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-Our studies in the Dominican Republic show that there's no+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-difference between levels of bird survival in shaded coffee+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-plantations and native forests,+ACY-quot+ADs- says Joseph Wunderle of the+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-International Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-That's good news for the birds, since native forests are falling+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-fast throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Unfortunately,+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-farmers are also cutting the trees on their coffee fincas,+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-switching to new coffee hybrids that produce more beans under full+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-sun, but also require more pesticides and fertilizers.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Russell Greenberg, director of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p 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style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-(FIIT) in Guatemala also shows higher bird diversity on shade +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-plantations.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Biologists like Greenberg and FIIT's Sergio Melgar +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-are trying to encourage farmers to continue to grow their coffee +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-under shade.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-The best incentive would be if we could pay farmers a premium+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-price for their beans,+ACY-quot+ADs- says Melgar.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-He believes U.S. consumers +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-in love with their lattes will pay a bit more if they know they +ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-are sipping a bird-friendly brew.+ADw-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APAAhAFs-if +ACE-supportEmptyParas+AF0APgAm-nbsp+ADsAPAAhAFs-endif+AF0APgA8-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Contacts: In the U.S., Joe Wunderle, Intl. 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