Many years in the past, fireflies had been a standard sight throughout South-East Asia. However now they’re quickly disappearing. For the folks of Bali in Indonesia, members of this fascinating household of bioluminescent beetles are a beloved sight, because the bugs are believed to comprise non secular vitality and be a guiding gentle for misplaced souls. Nonetheless, they’re additionally relied on as bioindicators, a key signal of a wholesome pure ecosystem, due to their sensitivity to air pollution. Main threats contributing to their decline embody the degradation and lack of habitats essential to maintain their total life cycle, pesticide publicity and light-weight air pollution that disrupts their courtship communication. For Wayan Wardika, fond recollections of dancing with fireflies as a toddler propelled him to create Bring Back the Light, Indonesia’s solely firefly conservation lab targeted on their breeding. From the lab within the coronary heart of the jungle, Wardika and his group of devoted biologists research the fireflies in nature and beneath the microscope within the hope of tackling information gaps concerning the firefly inhabitants and biodiversity in Indonesia. Not solely do they work to repopulate the fireflies, however in addition they enhance the habitats during which the bugs are to be launched by forging partnerships with the native Taro Village group educating and selling sustainable farming practices to guard the stability of nature.