Tanzanian forest recreated in Italy to raise awareness on biodiversity research

Inside 600 square metres of forest in Italy, a critical pollinator is in the spotlight: butterflies.

Various species and colours flutter freely and butterfly pupae are suspended in a structure as they grow into adult insects inside a greenhouse of the Museo delle Scienze (MUSE), a science museum in Trento, Italy.

The ecosystem created in this greenhouse is modelled on part of a mountain range and rainforest area in south-central Tanzania.

“The butterfly forest project is contextualized in the MUZE tropical greenhouse, which is strongly focused on the Tanzanian…