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  • Wildfires are killing California's ancient giants. Can seedlings save the species?

    February 26, 2024 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    The United States National Park Service is planting giant sequoia tree seedlings in groves that were decimated by extreme wildfires in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The effort aims to preserve the endangered species as the organization doesn’t believe the trees in these areas will regenerate on their own.

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  • After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild

    February 16, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Land trusts, municipalities, and nonprofits across the United States are purchasing and rewilding golf courses to create nature preserves and parks. The organizations slowly bring the courses back to their natural state by moving soil, reconnecting flood plains, removing wildlife barriers, and allowing native plants to grow.

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  • In Baltic Sea, citizen divers restore seagrass to fight climate change

    July 26, 2023 |

    Reuters |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Kiel

    The SeaStore Seagrass Restoration Project in Kiel, Germany, is teaching locals to harvest and replant the underwater grasses. The project is restoring areas these plants used to inhabit because they store large amounts of carbon.

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  • Nursing oil palm plantations back to nature in Malaysian Borneo

    July 26, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Malaysia

    In October 2020, the Rhino and Forest Fund in Malaysian Borneo began to buy land once cleared for oil palm plantations, and reforests and rehabilitates the tracts into wildlife corridors. After replanting 40 tree species in the last 3 years, an increase in several threatened species has been documented traveling through the project sites.

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  • A non-profit is trying to save manatees by restoring seagrass

    July 25, 2023 |

    WMNF Community Radio |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Florida

    The Ecosphere Restoration Institute received $5 million from the Florida State Legislature to restore the declining seagrasses on 100 acres of the coast. The organization partnered with experts who have permits to harvest the seeds, grow them in a nursery, and replant them in shallow areas. The project will also help prevent manatee deaths, as the animal depends on seagrass as a food source.

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  • Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition

    July 24, 2023 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Menominee, United States, Wisconsin

    Menominee tribal members are practicing methods of forest management that blend both conservation and Indigenous culture to preserve the viability of the forest long-term. In 2018, it was found that after a century of logging on the reservation, the forest had higher tree volume, higher rates of regeneration, more plant diversity and fewer invasive species than other, nontribal forests.

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  • In the land of honey and nuts: Indigenous solutions to save Brazil's Cerrado

    June 27, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Mato Grosso

    The Resilient Cerrado Project funds Indigenous-community-led economic projects in Brazil’s Cerrado region. Projects like the Terena people’s beehive installation and beekeeper training help to protect the region’s biodiversity, cultural diversity, and improve community members’ welfare.

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  • Can the bioeconomy replace oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon?

    June 22, 2023 |

    El País |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Ecuador

    Communities in Ecuador are building a “bioeconomy” through ecotourism and sustainable agriculture instead of relying on oil extraction. This can help protect the country’s biodiversity and increase locals’ incomes.

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  • Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie

    June 19, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

    The volunteer-run Friends of Uplands Park Society works to restore and protect Uplands Park in Victoria, British Columbia. The members have helped native species, many of which are designated as at risk, thrive again by removing invasive species, planting more native species, and educating the community.

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  • A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean's Surface

    May 24, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    A project at the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve has restored 10,000 acres of seagrass meadow. For two decades, scientists and volunteers have worked together to collect, process, and plant seeds to grow the carbon-storing underwater plants.

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