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Katingan-Mentaya: Using ficus to reforest degraded peatswamp in Kalimantan

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How do you turn degraded fire-prone peat swamp as in the photo above back into diverse  rain forest rich in wildlife  as in the photo below ?

The solution is to plant hundreds of thousands of  figs and other wildlife friendly trees as ” framework” species. The birds and animals that arrive to feed on the figs will bring with them the seeds of hundreds of other fruit trees that live in the surrounding forests.

 

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