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
- Aerial view of the orange peel-treated area (right) and untreated pasture (left), surveyed by Princeton researchers.
- In the late 1990s, an unusual conservation experiment began in Costa Rica when ecologists proposed using orange peels and pulp to help restore a badly degraded piece of land inside a national park.
- For this, orange juice company Del Oro and ecologists Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, worked with the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), or Guanacaste Conservation Area.
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- Aerial view of the orange peel-treated area (right) and untreated pasture (left), surveyed by Princeton researchers.
- In the late 1990s, an unusual conservation experiment began in Costa Rica when ecologists proposed using orange peels and pulp to help restore a badly degraded piece of land inside a national park.
- For this, orange juice company Del Oro and ecologists Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, worked with the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), or Guanacaste Conservation Area.
Sources: Times of India