Reassessing the Centinela Mass Extinction: A Tale of Resilience and Rediscovery

The tale of the Centinela cloud forests in coastal Ecuador has long been a dramatic narrative of environmental loss and urgency. Once heralded as a site of catastrophic biodiversity loss, reports from the 1980s claimed that around 90 unique plant species were obliterated due to agricultural expansion. This narrative has fueled conservation campaigns globally, serving … Read more