CBBC Newsround | GLOBALISATION ENVIRONMENTAL | The real cost of coffee (#)

„Coffee demand may kill endangered animals Explain the global demand for coffee Around the world 400 billion cups of coffee are drunk each year. Coffee grows on a small tree, it takes one tree a year to produce 2.2 kg of beans. It can take 40 beans to produce just one cup of espresso. There are 200,000 coffee bars in Italy alone.“

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CBBC Newsround | ANIMALS | Coffee demand may kill endangered animals

„Coffee is the second biggest export from developing countries after oil with the US being one of the biggest buyers of it in the world. Watch/Listen Hear story! More Info In pix: Rare rhinos Animals in danger guide Play the hero in Poacher Patrol Chat about animals Endangered animals quiz Past Stories Rare rhinos on road to recovery Rhinos under new threat Sumatran tiger could be extinct in 12 years We have to stop elephants dying out Web Links International Rhino Foundation Note: You will leave CBBC. We are not responsible for other websites. “

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CBBC Newsround | GLOBALISATION ECONOMIC | Could trade replace aid?

„This is for the groups to decide for themselves. A possible example to get groups started: Fairtrade Foundation's terms of trading: A price that covers the cost of production. A 'social premium' some additional profit to be used by the producers to improve their living and working conditions. Some money paid in advance to avoid small producer organisations falling into debt (if they need to buy seeds or tools) Contracts that allow long term planning, because the producers know they will have a customer.“

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„ How fair is international trade? “

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CBBC Newsround | TRADE | Fair trade chocolate

„What is the World Trade Organisation? What are transnational corporations? What is Fair Trade? Fair trade chocolate Why do some people protest? Web Links Divine chocolate Dubble bar Note: You will leave CBBC. We are not responsible for other websites. Fair trade chocolate“

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„Rijayatu lives in a tiny village in Ghana. Her parents' farm produces cocoa which helps to make fair trade chocolate bars for shops in the UK. Follow her story on CBBC Newsround.“

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