{"id":21142,"date":"2026-10-12T12:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21142"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:03:53","slug":"the-ecologist-revealing-the-invisible-networks-that-revive-rainforests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21142","title":{"rendered":"The ecologist revealing the invisible networks that revive rainforests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MIT Technology Review • Matthew Ponsford • October 12, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n\n

Forest ecologist Daisy Dent, a senior scientist at ETH Zurich, studies how tropical forests recover without human planting. She works at the Barro Colorado Nature Monument in Panama, where researchers have tracked tree growth for over a century. Tropical forests store about 40% of the carbon found on land, making them vital for climate stability. Dent’s research aims to create low-cost alternatives to current carbon-crediting schemes that often plant single species of trees in large areas.<\/p>\n

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Dent has found that animal interactions are crucial for forest recovery. Fruit-eating animals like spider monkeys and bats deposit seeds in their droppings, responsible for planting more than 70% of trees in tropical forests. In contrast, some patches dominated by a single tree species suggest that rodents called agoutis are the primary architects there. A 2024 estimate in Nature suggests that 215 million hectares of forest worldwide could regenerate naturally.<\/p>\n

Dent began her work studying old-growth forests around the turn of the millennium but shifted focus to restoration after seeing landscapes destroyed for palm oil plantations. She joined a project called Prorena in 2005 to understand how best to establish diverse native forests on clear-cut land. Her team published findings showing that animal populations rebound quickly as forests grow naturally, and that locations like Barro Colorado are among the best scenarios for regrowth without planting seeds.<\/p>\n

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Source:<\/strong> MIT Technology Review • Matthew Ponsford • October 12, 2026<\/p>\n

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AI-rewritten: This is a summary of an article from MIT Technology Review, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article – read it for the full story. MIT Technology Review • Matthew Ponsford • October 12, 2026 Forest ecologist Daisy Dent, a senior scientist<\/p>\n

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