Fireflies are disappearing from the Indonesian island of Bali… but local Wayan Wardika is trying to bring them back.
Fireflies in Southeast Asia are vanishing due to habitat loss, light pollution, pesticide use, and climate change—and the same is happening on this rapidly developing island.
In 2020, he launched Bring Back the Light, Indonesia’s only firefly conservation initiative. He and his small team of scientists focuses on breeding fireflies to return to the wild.
But through this work, Wayan has also gathered the importance of habitat protection – only by doing so will firefly numbers be able to grow sustainably. He is now focused on encouraging neighboring farmers to ditch the chemicals and go organic, in order to boost firefly numbers.
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