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  • The Beaver Whisperer

    November 09, 2015 |

    High Country News |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Okanogan, Washington

    In different regions of the United States, beavers are considered a predatory pest and have been subjected to lethal trapping by Wildlife Services. However, Methow Valley in Washington has initiated a project that saves beavers by capturing them and taking them to places where they can help revitalize natural resources and the food chain. The Methow Valley Beaver Project has demonstrated that their efforts have provided effective against climate change and reshaping the land.

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  • Four Ways Mexico's Indigenous Farmers Are Practicing the Agriculture of the Future

    August 10, 2015 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Oaxaca

    With a global food crisis, farmers look for how to get long-term high yields out of difficult farmland. In Oaxaca, Mexico, farmers farm like a forest, eat low on the food chain, restore damaged land, and have reverence for the planet.

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  • How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory

    August 07, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, Louisiana and federal officials launched an audacious $50 billion master plan to rebuild the receding coast in an effort to mitigate the effects future storms. These are expensive and massive in scale, and although success is not guaranteed, they're attracting interest from cities around the U.S., and low-lying countries like Bangladesh and the Netherlands. Moving beyond engineered “solutions” of the past, many of these efforts focus on rebuilding land through methods that mimic natural processes for building land mass and vegetation.

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  • The $50 billion plan to save Louisiana's wetlands

    July 19, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The state of Louisiana is disappearing at an incredible rate, and its sinking deltas threaten some of the nation's crucial oil, gas, and fisheries industries. Industry and government have created an unprecedented plan to save and rebuild these wetlands over the next 50 years — and say failure is not an option.

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  • To everyone's surprise, forests are returning to Malawi. Here's why.

    May 26, 2015 |

    Ensia |

    Photojournalism |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Malawi

    The people of Malawi count on wood for cooking, cleaning, and sanitation, which contributes to the country’s ranking as fifth highest in the world for deforestation. Once thought unsolvable, the people of the country are planting trees, benefiting from water filters, and using efficient cookstoves.

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  • Moz digs garimpeiros out of trouble

    February 27, 2015 |

    The Mail & Guardian Online |

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    Response Location: Mozambique, Munhinga, Manica Province

    Artisan gold mining - most of it illegal - is one of the greatest environmental and health concerns in Mozambique, but it provides a critical source of labor and economic support, especially for small communities. To help address some of the concerns for land degradation and water pollution, the government is helping miners establish licensed associations, which also provides training on improved business and mining practices, as well as adding some formality and stabilization to the sale of their gold.

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  • Vertical Gardens Help Bangladesh Farmers Overcome Salty Soil

    February 06, 2015 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Bangladesh, Khulna

    Vertical container farming offers an innovative adaptation to climate change and soil salinity. In Bangladesh, the nonprofit, WorldFish Center, promotes the practice of vertical farming, providing education and resources to villagers. The practice includes collecting soil diluted after monsoon rains into inexpensive plastic containers. The nonprofit first trained 200 farmers and aims to expand its reach to 5,000 in the next two years.

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  • Better Together

    February 05, 2015 |

    New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

    Louisiana and Vietnam both need affordable solutions to rising sea levels. Leaders from Vietnam visited Louisiana to compare ideas.

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  • When Life Gives You Rainwater, Make Shrimp Ponds

    January 29, 2015 |

    New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

    Farmers in Vietnam face rising sea levels but rejected the city's water engineering projects. They prefer gradual measures to cope with climate change so scientists have allowed the farmers to steer the conversation.

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  • Suburban sprawl doesn't have to be ecologically devastating

    January 05, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

    In Fort Collins, Colorado, developments and shopping malls are eating away at farm fields, ranches, and forests. One development company is protecting biodiversity by putting houses clustered along a single access road leaving large areas untouched, a practice known as conservation development.

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