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https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/majority-of-wild-coffee-species-at-risk-of-extinction--study-finds-65329 [the-scientist.com]

More than half of the world’s 124 wild coffee plant species meet the criteria for inclusion on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, according to reports published today (January 16) in Science Advances and Global Change Biology. The authors say extinctions among the species would limit plant breeders’ options in developing new types of coffee in the future.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46845461 [bbc.com]

A second study, in Global Change Biology, found that wild Arabica coffee can be classed as threatened under official (IUCN Red List) rankings, when climate change projections are taken into account.

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