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Ecosystem Restoration: Passive vs Active Succession

Interactive 3D comparison of passive and active ecosystem restoration: watch a degraded plot recover through natural succession stages side by side with a directly-planted plot, while live charts track biomass and biodiversity for each approach.

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Degraded land can recover in more than one way. This simulator runs two identical degraded plots side by side on a shared accelerated clock: one left to recover through natural ecological succession once the disturbance is removed (passive restoration), the other directly replanted with target species (active restoration). Watch vegetation density climb through the real succession stages — bare soil, weeds, grasses, shrubs, pioneer trees, mature forest — while live charts track biomass and biodiversity for each method, making the classic speed-versus-cost trade-off between the two restoration strategies visible in real time.

⚙ Under the hood

Compare passive and active ecosystem restoration side by side: watch a degraded plot recover through natural succession stages while a directly-planted plot reaches a mature canopy far sooner, with live biomass and biodiversity charts tracking both.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install