Sixteen Years After 12,000 Tons of Orange Peels, a Costa Rica Forest Grew Back
Tree biomass jumped 176% on a degraded plot inside Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Conservation Area after 12,000 tonnes of orange peels were spread there in 1997. The experiment was later halted by Costa Rica’s Supreme Court after a challenge from rival producer TicoFruit, but researcher Timothy Treuer’s 2013 revisit found a nutrient-rich, invasive-resistant canopy where bare […]
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- Tree biomass jumped 176% on a degraded plot inside Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Conservation Area after 12,000 tonnes of orange peels were spread there in 1997.
- The experiment was later halted by Costa Rica’s Supreme Court after a challenge from rival producer TicoFruit, but researcher Timothy Treuer’s 2013 revisit found a nutrient-rich, invasive-resistant canopy where bare […]
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