Coffee under threat of extinction Bashny.Net

As a result of climate change for 70 years on our planet can disappear forest wild coffee. Popular and common varieties of coffee is Arabica, it is 70% of the coffee we drink. Arabica grows in mountain forests, which are becoming smaller.





Coffee that grows in the commercial plantations are very vulnerable to disease and climate change. Now people can still renew plantations with forest plants, if wild coffee will not manufacture worldwide beloved drink will be threatened. If in the near future to start to save mountain forests, coffee prices will rapidly rise, she predicted that the British experts from the Royal Botanic gardens, Kew.







It is extremely important to preserve Arabica in its natural environment. Without these wild (genetic) resources of the coffee sector will become unprotected from pests or diseases", — said the head of the research Department of coffee Aaron Davis. — In a worst-case scenario for 70 years Arabica will cease to exist in the wild" — says he.





Today, coffee is produced in 70 countries of the world. This industry employs about 26 million people. Largest producer of coffee is Africa, and the majority of wild coffee forests located on the territory of the Sudan and Ethiopia.





We will remind, the researchers came to the conclusion that two or three cups of coffee a day increase the speed and accuracy in recognition of our brain words with a positive meaning. However, do not affect the perception of words with negative or neutral sense.



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