{"id":3911,"date":"2026-08-10T13:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2026-08-10T13:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:47:14","slug":"hear-the-voices-of-the-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/2026\/08\/10\/hear-the-voices-of-the-rainforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear the voices of the rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do you hear? Step into the forests of Costa Rica and tell us<br>which sounds you prefer by completing the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What else returns when a forest recovers? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/giacomo-delgado-ab4010ba\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/giacomo-delgado-ab4010ba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giacomo Delgado\u2019s<\/a> research at ETH Zurich has found&nbsp;evidence of successful forest restoration in Costa Rica; canopy cover, carbon storage and even biodiversity. We can see it, we can measure it but what if we could <strong>hear it<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, they&nbsp;need your help to do it! Using sounds from hundreds of forests across Costa Rica they\u2019ve created a survey to understand whether forests are regaining their natural sounds and which environments humans prefer! Follow the link to the survey below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In English: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiful.org\/#\/soundscapes_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.biodiful.org\/#\/soundscapes_en<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Spanish: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiful.org\/#\/soundscapes_es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.biodiful.org\/#\/soundscapes_es<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In French: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiful.org\/#\/soundscapes_fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.biodiful.org\/#\/soundscapes_fr<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/files\/2026\/08\/PhotoCompare_English-1024x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/files\/2026\/08\/PhotoCompare_English-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/files\/2026\/08\/PhotoCompare_English-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/files\/2026\/08\/PhotoCompare_English-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/files\/2026\/08\/PhotoCompare_English-1536x871.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/files\/2026\/08\/PhotoCompare_English-2048x1161.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you hear? Step into the forests of Costa Rica and tell uswhich sounds you prefer by completing the survey. What else returns when a forest recovers? Giacomo Delgado\u2019s research at ETH Zurich has found&nbsp;evidence of successful forest restoration in Costa Rica; canopy cover, carbon storage and even biodiversity. We can see it, we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/2026\/08\/10\/hear-the-voices-of-the-rainforest\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hear the voices of the rainforest<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43685,"featured_media":3915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[271123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biodiversity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3911"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3919,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions\/3919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/Science_and_Policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}