'Sweet City': the Costa Rica suburb that gave citizenship to bees, plants and trees

A suburb of the country's capital is showing how urban planning can be harnessed to benefit both humans and wildlife

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Pollinators were the key," says Edgar Mora, reflecting on the decision to recognise 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 neighbourhood into an ecosystem required a relationship with them."