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Gombe State says it has planted 2.7 million trees to combat climate change

Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

April 24, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

In Nigeria, the state-led Gombe Goes Green project raises tree seedlings in nurseries, plants them across the state, and ensures the trees’ survival through regular care. The trees help combat the effects of rampant deforestation like flooding and land degradation.

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Philippine tribe boosts livelihoods and conservation with civet poop coffee

Bong S. Sarmiento

April 18, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Philippines, Mindanao

Members of the B’laan ethnic group in a community in the Philippines are improving their livelihoods by foraging for coffee beans excreted by wild palm civets. They can sell the beans at a premium price because they are used to make a luxury coffee brew. And the practice encourages the locals to protect the wild animals, which benefits the ecosystem, too.

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Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable?

Parisa Hashempour

April 13, 2023 |

BBC |

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Response Location: New Zealand

The fashion brand Sheep Inc sources regenerative wool for its clothing products and claims to be carbon-negative. The regenerative farming practices used to make the wool are similar to what would happen naturally, the sheep graze across different grasslands, allowing unused ones to rewild using the manure as fertilizer. On top of that, the farm itself runs on renewable energy and supports native reforestation and the fashion brand uses solar power and a plastic-free supply chain.

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

Lorena Arroyo Gladys Serrano

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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Where Indigenous land rights prevail in Brazil, so does nature, study finds

Luís Patriani

April 06, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Brazil, Peruíbe

In areas of Brazil where land tenure is formalized, indigenous peoples' reforestation projects are increasing forest cover.

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From ukuleles to reforestation: Regrowing a tropical forest in Hawai‘i

Jeremy Hance

March 28, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: United States, Hawaii

Saving Hawai‘i’s Forests plants koa trees and other native plants to reforest plots of land degraded by grazing livestock. As a result, the group has noticed the return of native wildlife to the plot, many of which are endangered or threatened species.

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In India, Sacred Groves Are Helping Resurrect a Near-Extinct Forest Ecosystem

Mahima Jain

March 02, 2023 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Response Location: India

Auroville is home to foresters, ecologists, and other conservation advocates working on various reforestation efforts like propagating tropical dry evergreen forest species and planting drought-resistant species. Today, community-run nurseries supply about 50,000 saplings a year for tree-planting projects in Auroville. There are also “forest groups” made up of local residents who plant native species, collectively planting more than half a million evergreen saplings of over 200 different species.

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

Ekpali Saint

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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From Japan to Brazil: Reforesting the Amazon with the Miyawaki method

Nieves Zúñiga

January 24, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Brazil

In Brazil, the Friends of the Amazon Forest Institute is using the Miyawaki method in its reforestation projects to see fast results. The method requires planting several species of native trees randomly in organic soil and then allowing nature to run its course with little-to-no human intervention.

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Volunteers plant mini-forests in Paris to slow climate change, tackle heatwaves

Charlotte Wilkins

January 22, 2023 |

France 24 |

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Response Location: France, Paris

Volunteers of a nonprofit tree-planting initiative in Paris are planting pocket forests, based on Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki’s method, to increase biodiversity and combat extreme heat. These mini-forests are made of native species planted close together at random to mimic a natural forest.

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