'Sweet City': the Costa Rica suburb that gave citizenship to bees, plants and trees

A suburb of the country's capital is showing how urban planning can be harnessed to benefit both humans and wildlifeRead more stories from our wild cities week"Pollinators were the key," says Edgar Mora, reflecting on the decision to recognise every bee, bat, hummingbird and butterfly as a citizen of Curridabat during his 12-year spell as mayor."Pollinators are the consultants of the natural world, supreme reproducers and they don't charge for it. The plan to convert every street into a biocorridor and every neighbourhood into an ecosystem required a relationship with them." Continue reading...