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  • Decades of wise use pay off for a Kabale wetland

    April 15, 2019 |

    InfoNILE |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Rubaya, Kabale

    In 1980, the Ugandan government signed an agreement with local communities in the Mugandu–Buramba wetland that gave them the right to own, manage, and conserve their own property. Today, the wetlands are thriving —reducing degradation and improving biodiversity— and creating a livelihood for the 276 people that live there. The government says that since they are using the land responsibly, their agreement will continue.

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  • Endangered rhinos are now being protected by powerful data analytics

    April 15, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    To fight a recent surge in endangered rhino poaching, the South African government began utilizing data analytics typically used to study consumers to map out poaching networks. Piecing together data from sources as varied as the serial numbers on guns left behind in parks, police data, intelligence data, and social media posts that show relationships between people, the government was able to isolate a European supplier that supplied most of the poachers' guns.

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  • One Way to Combat Climate Change: A Smartphone App That Lets Farmers Control Where Their Cows Graze

    April 15, 2019 |

    Inc. Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    A San Diego startup called Vence has created a device that can help farmers control their livestock’s movements and behavior. The new technology – a collar with accompanying software – buzzes when an animal is somewhere it shouldn’t be and shocks them if they keep going. While the practice of shocking animals isn’t universally approved, doing so can prevent overgrazing and thus improve overall land health.

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  • Cardboard Bombay cafe by Nudes is made entirely from cardboard

    April 13, 2019 |

    Dezeen |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    A new cafe in Mumbai is made entirely of cardboard to showcase the material's structural stability and dynamism, as well as its environmental sustainability. Everything from walls to chairs, and tables to lampshades, has been crafted from cardboard. The architecture firm is just one of many around the world experimenting with cardboard.

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  • How to Restore a Million Acres of Strip-Mined Land? Bring in the Elk

    April 12, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Grundy, Virginia

    Strip mining, a method in which the entire top few hundred feet of mountain are blown up to expose coal seams, has left Virginia and other Appalachian states with nearly a million acres of flat, problematic lands. Environmental scientists have released a herd of elk at one of these former strip mine sites to enrich the habitat for diverse animal species and to revitalize the local economies through wildlife tourists and hunters.

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  • Citizen engagement is helping Costa Rica fight climate change

    April 11, 2019 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    With its pledge to become the first zero-emission country in the world by 2050, Costa Rica's ambitious climate goals cannot be achieved by the government alone. That's why Costa Rica Limpia (Clean Costa Rica) is sparking citizen engagement to help in the fight. Grassroots efforts by the organization has already helped to create new charging infrastructure for electric cars, and citizen review bodies are local communities access important climate data.

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  • Is there a beautiful, briny solution to the world's clean water crisis?

    April 10, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    As demand soars and climate change routinely throws cities into shortage crises, the availability of clean water is one of the most pressing challenges of the present and near future. Desalination has long been lambasted for being too expensive and polluting, but a new solar-powered prototype is putting forth a more sustainable, small-scale solution. Solar collectors boil water and then condense it separately from the brine and dirt so that it is drinkable.

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  • Coffee helps protect Uganda's endangered mountain gorillas

    April 09, 2019 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

    For many poachers near Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, hunting is crucial to their livelihoods, even as regulations against the practice have increased. To help combat this, social enterprises like Gorilla Conservation Coffee are working to make coffee farming a sustainable and financially stable alternative. However, the model still needs some tweaks to ensure that farmers are adequately supported and the business can meet demand.

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  • To save the monarch butterfly, Mexican scientists are moving a forest 1,000 feet up a mountain

    April 09, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Ejido La Mesa

    The monarch butterfly is a migratory species that winters in central Mexico. However, warming temperatures have threatened the forests that house the butterflies. Scientists have responded by creating a greenhouse to grow trees that would shift the monarch’s habitat to a higher altitude, where temperatures are more favorable to helping the butterflies survive.

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  • The Country Winning The Battle On Food Waste

    April 08, 2019 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    In South Korea, a combination of grassroots movements and government campaigns have dramatically reduced the country's food waste by 95% (about 400 metric tons a day). Residents are required to buy special biodegradable bags, which serves as a tax that finances 60% of the city's food processing. It's a pay-as-you-waste tactic that also prompts citizens to find creative ways to recycle and compost, and special weighing machines encourage them to extract the moisture first, saving even more money on collection costs.

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