📔 Ecuador study finds that, in former agricultural land, tropical rainforest biodiversity rebounds over 90% in 30 years.

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Ecuador study finds that, in former agricultural land, tropical rainforest biodiversity rebounds over 90% in 30 years.

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During this period, as many as three-quarters of the animal and plant species typical of primary forest returned.

Conservation Lesson Learned:
Protect undisturbed primary forest and larger areas of secondary forest to act as reservoirs.

Then protect former agricultural land to enable natural regeneration sourced from those reservoirs.

Ecuador study finds tropical rainforest biodiversity rebounds over 90% in 30 years

Tropical rainforests are home to almost two-thirds of all vertebrate species and three-quarters of all tree species: they are the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. However, over half of these diverse rainforests have already been cleared, and their area continues to decline drastically, primarily for agricultural purposes. Is there a chance of regeneration, and can not only trees but also the unique diversity of thousands of animal species return to cleared areas?

(phys.org)

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