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Bird Friendly coffee corridors with Melissa Mazurkewicz of STRI Panama.

Bird Friendly coffee corridors with Melissa Mazurkewicz of STRI Panama.

Update: 2025-11-29
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In this episode, Ela Spalding speaks with Melissa Mazurkewicz, Bird Friendly Program Manager for Latin America at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. They explore how Bird Friendly coffee and cacao protect biodiversity, support migratory birds, and create sustainable economic models for farming communities across Latin America and other regions of the world. The conversation highlights agroforestry, forest conservation, and the deep ecological and cultural connections created through this living example of nature–culture corridors.

~~~~~ Bird Friendly Coffee on the STRI website ~~~~~

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En este episodio, Ela Spalding conversa con Melissa Mazurkewicz, gerente del programa Bird Friendly para América Latina del Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales. Hablan sobre cómo el café y cacao Bird Friendly protegen la biodiversidad, apoyan a las aves migratorias y generan modelos económicos sostenibles para las comunidades agrícolas en América Latina y otras regiones del mundo. La conversación destaca la agrosilvicultura, la conservación de bosques y las conexiones ecológicas y culturales que surgen a través de este ejemplo vivo de corredores natura–cultura.



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Bird Friendly coffee corridors with Melissa Mazurkewicz of STRI Panama.

Bird Friendly coffee corridors with Melissa Mazurkewicz of STRI Panama.

Ela Spalding