魯德米菈‧拉帝斯: 大便如何轉變成森林

大便如何轉變成森林

你可知道世界上最大的熱帶雨林，有部分是由動物糞便中的種子形成的嗎？生態學家魯德米菈‧拉帝斯會在演說中說明「讓大自然自己管好自己的事」能帶來多少令人驚訝的好處，並分享在亞馬遜地區漫遊的低地貘（一種像豬一樣的生物）的消化習慣如何傳播種子，協助恢復雨林，並促進全球對氣候的抵抗力。（甚至連大自然的廢物也可以被有效利用！）

Nature’s most effective gardeners may be tapirs, whose fruit-filled diets and long forest walks scatter hundreds of seeds wherever they roam. Just one pile of tapir dung can contain over 700 seeds from more than 20 plant species, nurturing new trees resilient to drought and climate shifts. By moving seeds into degraded areas, tapirs and their allies like dung beetles replant forests and boost ecosystem health. Their unnoticed labor shows how wildlife helps heal the world’s largest tropical forests.