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When the smallest fall: How insect decline unravels entire ecosystems
Insects have shaped forests for millions of years. They pollinate plants, recycle nutrients and support birds, mammals and entire food webs. Yet their world is fading due to habitat loss, pesticides, climate change and pollution. As insects decline, ecosystems weaken. Through restoration work like Restore the Legacy, forests and their insect life can recover.

Maud Witte
Jun 145 min read


Plants evolved to “heat it up” at night, to attract insects
Plants are able to heat up thier reproductive organs to attract beetles. They do this coordinated between male and female plants and thus get beetles to bring pollen around for them.

Manu van Wing
Jun 83 min read


Biodiversity mapping, because the forest knows something we don't.
We're building something exciting.
Not another standard mapping app, but a system that combines field scouts, farmers, biodiversity data, algorithms, and real ecosystem knowledge. Thanks to Corendon's support, our first field test is only a few weeks away.

Team Restore the Legacy
Jun 52 min read


When bacteria build a forest: Rhizobium and natural nitrogen fixation
Rhizobium are nitrogen‑fixing bacteria living in root nodules of legume plants. They convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form plants can use, enriching poor tropical soils and helping forests recover. These bacteria also support nature‑inclusive farming by reducing the need for synthetic fertilisers.

Maud Witte
May 315 min read


Your pineapple is eating you back
Ever wondered why pineapple makes your mouth feel weird? 🍍👀
Turns out the pineapple is technically eating you back. Meet bromelain, the tiny enzyme behind tropical fruit’s most dramatic personality trait.

Renee Smits
May 262 min read


When the rain doesn't stop: climate change and agriculture in Indonesia
Climate change is not just about drought. In tropical regions like Indonesia, too much rain can also threaten agriculture, food security, and livelihoods, showing why resilience must be approached at the landscape level.

Shadi Tavakolimehr
May 244 min read


Your banana is radioactive.
Your banana is radioactive. ☢️🍌
Relax! Cause so are you. Turns out fruit, plants, and even humans naturally contain tiny amounts of radiation. Nature is honestly so unnecessarily dramatic.

Renee Smits
May 202 min read


When forests heal the sea
Healthy forests are essential for healthy coral reefs. When forests disappear, sediment, nutrients, and polluted runoff flow into the ocean, smothering corals and reducing water clarity. Reforestation stabilises soil, filters water, restores natural hydrology, and reduces nutrient overload — giving coral reefs the chance to recover. In Bali, restoring forests upland directly supports the reefs below.

Maud Witte
May 173 min read


The forest is healing (& healthy forest soil looks weirdly cute)
Two years ago, this land had almost no visible fungal life left.
Now tiny mushrooms are appearing everywhere, like little forest flowers growing from dead wood. And that’s a much bigger deal than it sounds, because healthy forest soil depends on fungi to bring ecosystems back to life.

Team Restore the Legacy
May 142 min read


Feeding yourself... with yourself!
Feeding yourself… with yourself.
Yum. Right?
Rainforests survive through one giant recycling system where fungi, insects, and microbes turn dead material back into life. Nature wastes absolutely nothing.

Renee Smits
May 132 min read


Plants may be “borrowing” genes from bacteria for their and our benefit
Plants can produce chemicals we use for everything from medicinal purposes, to caffeine in our coffee. However, how plants have “discovered” how to make some of these chemicals separately from each other. How these plants may have done this, is that they can borrow genes ‘which are the plans to mak these chemicals’ from bacteria!

Manu van Wing
May 102 min read


Spring restoration... but make it jungle edition!
Somewhere between ecosystem restoration and becoming actual swamp creatures, Nava and the team managed to bring a hidden jungle spring back to life. After digging through meters of mud, the water finally started flowing again, and the entire forest responded instantly.

Team Restore the Legacy
May 72 min read


How rainforests creates rain
Rainforests don’t just get rain, they make it. Through millions of trees “sweating” water into the air, forests create clouds, rainfall, and even weather patterns across continents. Nature really said: I’ll handle it.

Renee Smits
May 52 min read


How Mycorrhiza is the hidden engine behind reforestation in Bali and Borneo
Our work at Restore the Legacy shows that mycorrhiza is essential for restoring healthy tropical forests in Bali and Borneo. In this article, we explain how these underground fungi improve soil health, boost tree growth, and strengthen ecosystem resilience.

Maud Witte
May 36 min read


Premium coffee harvest: Why we’re already sold out...
We’re sold out. Completely. Before the June harvest even begins. Turns out our coffee scores above 80 on the coffee scale: officially specialty coffee. Now we wait for nature to do its job again… because good coffee can’t be rushed.

Team Restore the Legacy
Apr 302 min read


You’re Eating CO2 (And Honestly… It’s Delicious)
Your banana is basically climate science in a peel.
Every time you eat fruit, you’re eating CO₂ transformed by sunlight, rain, and one of nature’s smartest tricks: photosynthesis. Cute, delicious, and slightly existential.

Renee Smits
Apr 282 min read


Sustainable travel starts here: Corendon x Restore the Legacy
Travel and reforestation may not seem like the obvious match, but real sustainable travel starts with protecting the places we love to visit.
This Earth Day, we’re proud to announce our partnership with Corendon, built on honest impact, living ecosystems, and restoring nature where it matters most.

Team Restore the Legacy
Apr 232 min read
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