Back in 2017, Tim and Jon wrote a paper about a unique and audacious experiment in Costa Rica. Truckloads of Orange peels were dumped onto degraded pasture in the late 1990's, and left to decompose. The result is renewed forest with increased biodiversity, which begs the question: where else in the world can agricultural waste streams help restore degraded soil?
Original Paper 2017: https://spia.princeton.edu/system/files/research/documents/Treuer_et_al-2017-Restoration_Ecology%20(1).pdf
Reporting from 2017: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-fruitful-experiment-in-land-conservation/
Área de Conservación Guanacaste https://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr/index.php
Coffee Pulp Forest: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12054 https://mbgecologicalrestoration.wordpress.com/2021/04/23/30-dump-truck-loads-of-coffee-pulp-help-restore-a-costa-rican-rainforest/
Costa Rica Orange Juice Companies: http://www.delorocr.com/
Tim on twitter: @Treuer
Jon on twitter: @jonjchoi
Interview Recorded on May 23rd, 2022