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  • Up-Close Ecotourism Is Nurturing Gray Whales in Mexico

    May 01, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Baja Sur

    A fishing cooperative at the San Ignacio Lagoon protects gray whales that use the lagoon as a nursery by not fishing at that time of the year. Instead, their income comes from ecotourism which brings people close to the whales during that season.

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  • Over 2,000 Companies Buy and Sell Recycled Plastic at This Online Marketplace

    April 17, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    A startup in Germany created an online platform, Cirplus, that connects recycling companies with manufacturers and distributors in the plastic industry. The site encourages the move towards a circular economy by improving transparency for buyers and sellers.

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  • The Mexican women breathing new life into Yucatán's mangrove forests

    April 10, 2023 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Yucatan

    A group of women from a fishing village in southern Mexico are restoring mangroves on the Yucatán Peninsula. While the group, known as las chelemeras, is reviving the local ecosystem, the members also find personal empowerment from the work and the pay.

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  • Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice.

    April 01, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Italy, Venice

    Venice, Italy, spent 50 years building 78 underwater seawalls that can be filled with air and brought to the surface to hold back high tides and prevent the city from flooding. The system, dubbed MOSE, was designed to rise up and down to maintain the passage of boats and water between the sea and the lagoon on the edge of the city of canals. It has been raised 49 times so far.

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  • Want to Help Rid the Ocean of Plastic? Grab an Oar

    March 27, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: England, Cornwall

    Clean Ocean Sailing is a volunteer-based organization that boats to largely inaccessible parts of Cornwall’s coasts to pull plastic pollution out of the ocean and off the beaches using kayaks, rowboats, and physical labor.

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  • How Nigerian group moved communities to fight climate crisis with mangroves restoration

    March 02, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Urua Essien Etuk, Akwa Ibom

    The Tropical Research and Conservation Center’s mangrove restoration projects in Nigeria use a community-based, participatory approach to engage locals in the process, educate them on the importance of the trees, and keep them from turning to deforestation as a source of income.

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  • Salt Marshes Are Essential Climate Solutions. How Do We Protect Them?

    February 03, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

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    Response Location: United States

    Salt marshes are waterlogged areas along the U.S. coastline that absorb carbon by trapping it in layers of sediment and peat. The wetlands also act as buffers against natural disasters.

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  • This Washington experiment could rebuild eroding coastlines

    January 27, 2023 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Cove, Washington

    Residents of North Cove, Washington, are rebuilding their eroded coastal beaches with a form of dynamic revetments in which long cobble berms are deposited along the beach. The rocks cause waves to slow and drop sand instead of crashing into the coastline and eroding it.

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  • In Maine, Seaweed Farming Helps Save Jobs and the Planet

    January 26, 2023 |

    The Story Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    In Maine, Atlantic Sea Farms is harvesting kelp while helping lobster farmers diversify their income in preparation for climate change effects. The farm provides free kelp seed to its farmers and promises a buyback guarantee for everything they grow. At the same time, the kelp removes carbon and nitrogen to help mitigate climate change effects warming the water.

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  • As 'good meat', Bayelsa community ate sea turtles until it realised killing them hurts the environment

    January 12, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Akassa, Bayelsa

    The Akassa Development Foundation’s sea turtle club educates coastal communities in Bayelsa about the importance of sea turtles to prevent locals from killing them for meat or poaching their eggs. The club members also rescue turtles from their captors and accept turtles surrendered by fishers to release them back into the ocean.

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