{
  "id": 3040591,
  "title": "Costa Rica spread 12,000 tonnes of orange waste; forest biomass later rose 176%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/costa-rica-spread-12-000-tonnes-of-orange-waste-forest-biomass-later",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T13:50:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/in-1998-costa-rica-spread-12000-tonnes-of-orange-waste-over-degraded-pasture-16-years-later-tree-diversity-had-tripled-and-forest-biomass-was-176-higher/articleshow/133466780.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 1998, about 12,000 metric tonnes of orange peels and pulp were spread over a degraded pasture in Costa Rica as part of an unusual forest restoration experiment. Sixteen years later, researchers found that the site had developed into a dense forest, with richer soil, greater tree diversity and a 176% increase in aboveground biomass.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}