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Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity

Daniel Janzen, a pioneering biologist, significantly advanced tropical ecosystem research and conservation initiatives. Through his innovative work in Costa Rica's Guanacaste Conservation Area, he fostered collaboration with local communities. For many years, Janzen scrutinised the intricate dynamics between flora and fauna, culminating in a large-scale conservation area and establishing a…

The Times of India · Aug 27

In 1998, Costa Rica spread 12,000 tonnes of orange waste over degraded pasture; 16 years later, tree diversity had tripled and forest biomass was 176% higher

In 1998, about 12,000 metric tonnes of orange peels and pulp were spread over a degraded pasture in Costa Rica as part of an unusual forest restoration experiment. Sixteen years later, researchers found that the site had developed into a dense forest, with richer soil, greater tree diversity and a…

The Times of India · Aug 24

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025

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From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing

Amid deforestation, pesticide use, artificial light pollution and climate change, insects are struggling — along with the crops, flowers and other animals that rely on them to survive.

ABC News · Dec 11, 2022

From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing

As a boy in the 1960s, David Wagner would run around his family’s Missouri farm with a glass jar clutched in his hand, scooping flickering fireflies out of the sky.

Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

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