Coffee production is currently at an all-time high and prices have plummeted, generating a global coffee crisis. The displacement of coffee plantations in countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia has had serious repercussions for human livelihoods and biodiversity conservation.

In this article, Timothy G O'Brien and Margaret F Kinnaird of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Indonesia argue that new policies focusing on biodiversity-friendly coffees that provide fair prices to growers in Asia are critically needed.

They call on the United States to assist in developing solutions to the coffee crisis and warn that if we do not act soon, our next cup of java may have the bitter taste of extinction.

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Reference: Science 300, 587