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  • Cross fostering helps Mexican wolf population boost genetic mix

    December 15, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alpine, Arizona

    As the Mexican wolf population neared extinction, the Arizona Game & Fish Department and the Endangered Wolf Center have been placing pups born in captivity in wild dens. This effort, known as cross-fostering, has been successful in not only increasing the number of wolves in the Southwest, but also improving the survival skills of cross-fostered wolves. While the Mexican wolf population hasn’t completely rebounded, more people are understanding the importance that the species has on the ecosystem.

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  • The world's fastest-growing source of food

    December 15, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    Local villages along the coast of India are seen as a model for large-scale seaweed cultivation, which can be a form of sustainable agriculture and climate mitigation. As the country’s land is being lost to soil degradation, seaweed cultivation has had a positive socio-economic impact on the communities. About 1,200 families, mostly women farmers, are involved in collecting seaweed for industrial use, allowing them to increase their economic independence.

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  • Saving Slovenia's "Human Fish"

    December 15, 2020 |

    bioGraphic |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Slovenia

    Scientists in Slovenia are working to understand the mysteries of salamanders — known as olms — that live in natural caves and how best to protect this vulnerable species. Industrial pollution infiltrates the water systems where these creatures live, however more research is needed to understand how climate change and humans impact them. Recent efforts with captive breeding and rescue programs have shown success, but more international collaboration and funding are needed to fully understand this unique species.

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  • Powrót wilka

    December 14, 2020 |

    Tygodnik Powszechny |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Poland

    Współpraca naukowców, organizacji pozarządowych, ekologów i rządu pozwoliła na przywrócenie naturze polskiego wilka, gatunku, który był na granicy wyginięcia. Metody takie, jak lokalizacje GPS i badania genetyczne pomogły politykom podejmować decyzje redukujące konflikty ludzi ze zwierzętami oraz zapewniające zwierzętom siedliska bez presji oddziaływania człowieka. W rezultacie tych działań populacja wilka w Polsce w ciągu ostatnich 50 lat wzrosła 50-krotnie.

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  • Police Use Painful Dog Bites To Make People Obey

    December 14, 2020 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Police often use dogs as a form of "pain compliance," non-lethal tactics that get a criminal suspect under control without having to resort to potentially lethal means. But this use of dogs can inflict pain and injury far out of proportion to the threat posed, even to the point that the detained person cannot comply with officers' demands. A lack of national standards or consensus about how to use dogs responsibly and safely, and the existence of many other tools and tactics that can be used instead, make the existence of hundreds of dog-bite cases a study in a failed de-escalation strategy.

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  • Lutte contre le réchauffement climatique : comment "décarboner" les usines ?

    December 11, 2020 |

    France Inter |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: France, Aisne

    Le secteur de l'industrie représente 20% des émissions de gaz à effet de serre de la France. Mais comment décarboner un outil industriel ? Une usine agroalimentaire de l'Aisne a déjà réussi à réduire sa consommation d'énergie fossile (du gaz) de 10 % et une économie d'énergie chiffrée à 250.000 euros par an, grâce au recyclage de la chaleur fatale des fumées. Une transition en partie soutenue par des aides publiques.

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  • Agroecologia é aposta para reverter cenários de degradação ambiental na Amazônia

    December 11, 2020 |

    InfoAmazonia |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Acre

    A reportagem é sobre atividades agroecológicas que promovem segurança alimentar, renda financeira e proteção à floresta amazônica, no Acre. Desde 1989, 1 milhão de árvores frutíferas de mais de 150 espécies e de madeira de lei foram plantadas na aldeia Apiwtxa.

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  • Michigan's weakened environmental laws lead activists to embrace other tactics

    December 10, 2020 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Environmental deregulation and budget cuts opened the door for a loose coalition of environmental attorneys and activists to do the accountability work for the regulatory system. The groups sue to force companies to follow the law, contest permits, and run media campaigns to raise awareness of corporate misdeeds. Their efforts have been effective, forcing the closure of a toxic incinerator, pushing utilities towards clean energy, and revealing environmental abuses of major companies. The groups work with residents in impacted communities to determine priorities and organize support among neighbors.

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  • The Weight of the World

    December 10, 2020 |

    Terrain.org |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Watamu

    Local Ocean Conservation is in Watamu, Kenya has made approximately 21,000 turtle rescues and "treated more than 650 turtles in its rehabilitation center and clinic" since it's inception in 1997. The group responds to fishermen who have accidentally caught turtles in their nets and then remunerates the fishermen for their "time, effort, and phone calls." This incentive-based relationship combined with a ban on the international tortoiseshell trade has helped decrease the poaching of turles, and the group has now expanded their efforts to include more initiatives to protect the endangered species.

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  • Como o povo Karipuna expulsou criminosos de suas terras na Amazônia

    December 10, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rondônia

    Indígenas Karipunas monitoraram o próprio território, em Rondônia, para identificar áreas de invasão e fazer denúncias na ONU. O trabalho teve apoio de ONGs, ajudou o desmatamento a diminuir 49% na Terra Indígena Karipuna e fez com que os criminosos fossem presos e tivessem os bens bloqueados.

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