Bugün öğrendim ki: vatandaşlığın Kosta Rika'nın başkentinin bir banliyösünde tozlayıcılara (arılar, yarasalar, sinek kuşları, kelebekler) verildiği

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“Pollinators were the key,” says Edgar Mora, reflecting on the decision to recognize 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 neighborhood into an ecosystem required a relationship with them.” The move to extend citizenship to pollinators, trees and native plants in Curridabat has been crucial to the municipality's transformation from an unremarkable suburb of the Costa Rican capital, San José, into a pioneering haven for urban wildlife. [Curridabat Costa Rica](https://interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/embed/2020/04/archive- zip/giv-3902s5bSg6Tl9UOS/) Now known as “ _Ciudad Dulce_ ” – Sweet City – Curridabat's urban planning has been reimagined around its non-human inhabitants. Green spaces are treated as infrastructure with accompanying ecosystem services that can be harnessed by local government and offered to residents. Geolocation mapping is used to target reforestation projects at elderly residents and children to ensure they benefit from air pollution removal and the cooling effects that the trees provide. The widespread planting of native species underscores a network of green spaces and biocorridors across the municipality, which are designed to ensure pollinators thrive. Q