India, Oct. 24 -- A new Coffee Watch report finds coffee caused direct forest loss of over 300,000 hectares in Brazil's Atlantic Forest.

Once spanning 1.2 million sq km, less than 10% of this unique ecosystem remains.

Deforestation is disrupting rainfall and drying soils - threatening the coffee industry itself.

As Brazil gears up for COP30, the country faces a sobering climate paradox.

What is replacing Brazil's Atlantic Forest - one of the most biologically rich yet endangered ecosystems on Earth? Coffee.

In the last two decades, coffee has been a leading driver of deforestation in the Atlantic Forest, directly causing the loss of 312,803 hectares of forest, according to a new report by non-profit Coffee Watch.

Once spanning 1.2 m...