What is the Rainforest Alliance? What are the benefits of rainforest certification? how to drink rainforest alliance certified coffee?

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1. What is the rainforest alliance?

Rainforest Alliance (RA) was founded in 1987, headquartered in New York, USA. It is not only a non-profit international non-governmental environmental protection organization, but also the largest and most authoritative professional FSC certification organization recognized by the international forest certification system FSC. Its mission is to protect the global ecosystem and the people and wildlife that make a living by changing land use patterns, business and consumer behavior.

Currently, the Rainforest Alliance is working with businesses, governments and community organizations in more than 50 countries around the world to help them change the way they use land, develop long-term resource use plans and maintain ecological balance.

Rainforest Alliance RA (Rainforest Alliance) certification refers to a farm that meets the standards set by the Rainforest Alliance, which protects the farm and its surrounding ecosystems, imposes restrictions on the use of pesticides, and evaluates benchmarks such as waste management. Only coffee that has been evaluated and certified can be called Rainforest Alliance Certified Coffee. Among them, the certification benchmark for coffee stipulates that the traditional farming methods cultivated in the shade of primary forests are adopted, which are beneficial to the protection of the ecosystem. Some of the proceeds from the alliance are also used for the protection of wildlife in tropical rainforest animal reserves and the improvement of workers' living standards.

2. Benefits of rainforest certification

The farm that meets the benchmark established by the Rainforest Alliance will evaluate the standards of ecosystem protection, pesticide use restrictions, waste management and other benchmarks in and around the coffee plantation. Only the coffee that has passed the benchmark and is certified, can be called "Tropical Rainforest Alliance certified coffee". In addition, part of the proceeds are also used for wildlife protection in tropical rainforest animal reserves. In terms of labor life and well-being, it is coffee with a good natural environment.

And the benchmark of its certification is by nature conservation? Farming methods? The three sectors of regional society, from forest protection to water pollution? What is the working environment of the employees? The use of chemical fertilizers? Until the disposal of waste, there are detailed regulations. The certification benchmark for coffee stipulates that it is adopted, which is the most beneficial to the protection of the ecosystem, and is the traditional farming method of shade cultivation in the primary forest.

"Rainforest Alliance" RA (Rainforest Alliance) certification refers to a farm that meets the standards set by the Rainforest Alliance, which protects the farm and its surrounding ecosystem, imposes some restrictions on the use of pesticides, and evaluates benchmarks such as waste management. Only coffee that has been evaluated and certified can be called "Rainforest Alliance certified coffee". Among them, the certification benchmark for coffee stipulates that traditional farming methods cultivated in the shade of primary forests are adopted, which are beneficial to the protection of the ecosystem. Some of the proceeds from the alliance are also used for the protection of wildlife in tropical rainforest animal reserves and the improvement of workers' living standards.

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