Katherine Arauz-Ponce (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Katherine Arauz-Ponce

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Katherine Araúz-Ponce is from a family of coffee growers in western Panama.  As part of her doctoral studies at the University of Georgia, she and her team count, net, identify, measure, and check the health of birds in different habitats to find out how different coffee-growing methods affect bird populations.

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Courtesy Katherine Arauz-Ponce

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Credit: Bird Friendly Coffee Program

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