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  • Organic Growth: How Turkey's Eco-Markets Took Root

    Turkey's Bugday Association created a network of certified organic farmers' markets that directly connects small-scale producers with urban consumers, growing from 24 vendor stands to over 300 while reducing certification costs through group programs and municipal partnerships, though high prices still limit accessibility for lower-income consumers.

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  • The Anarchic Playgrounds Where Putting Kids At Risk Is The Point

    Adventure playgrounds such as Berlin’s Kolle 37 put kids in charge of play, giving them the space, tools, and freedom to solve conflicts, learn new skills, and even build their own play structures as adults monitor for hazards from a distance. Research shows that this type of “risky play” can help children mature and learn to navigate complex psychosocial situations.

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  • Plateau Farmers Turn to Land Documents to Reclaim Their Fields Amid Violence

    The Norwegian Refugee Council's land documentation project helped over 2,000 farmers in Plateau State obtain formal land tenure documents, providing legal security and reducing land disputes, but cannot protect them from ongoing violent attacks that continue to threaten their lives and livelihoods.

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  • This summer, parents stitched together child care to give their kids a 'space for Black joy'

    Black-led summer camps and community programs are addressing the dual challenge of rising child care costs and lack of culturally affirming options for Black families. Programs like Camp HBCYouth and Camp Legacy offer affordable, comprehensive outdoor summer camp experiences, complete with meals and extended care if needed. The programs also act as community builders, helping youth form friendships and strengthen their connections to the outdoors.

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  • 食用コオロギの可能性を広げ、世界の食糧・環境危機を打開へ

    食糧危機への対応として、エコロギー社が展開する食用コオロギの販売事業。温暖な気候のカンボジアを生産拠点とし、契約農家の収入を増やしながら、日本向けには練り餌である「レオバイド」の原料として食用コオロギを活用している。

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  • 'Survivors deserve better': State support needed to expand Maine's rape kit tracking pilot

    Maine's rape kit tracking pilot program, designed to give sexual assault survivors more control in their investigations, works like package tracking. Victims receive a postcard with a kit number after evidence collection and can check the status of their kit online.

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  • One Tree at a Time

    Moldova's National Reforestation Project, launched in 2023 with a €739 million budget, has planted over 10,000 hectares of new forest (36+ million trees) with a 67% survival rate, demonstrating early success in restoring degraded land and supporting rural communities, though it's currently achieving only half of its annual planting targets due to personnel shortages, supply chain issues, and weather challenges.

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  • Climate change tests the resilience of people and desert-adapted wildlife in Namibia

    Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia gives rural communities the rights to manage and profit from wildlife through organized conservancies, which has dramatically recovered wildlife populations (like elephants growing from 7,000 to 26,000) while providing economic incentives that motivate communities to protect rather than poach animals, even during severe droughts.

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  • City food forests offer a chance to experience nature — and eat it

    In some cities, empty urban lots transformed into multilayered "food forests" that mimic natural ecosystems are providing free, accessible fresh produce to city residents through strategically designed edible plantings that feature native and adapted fruit trees, nut trees, and berry bushes.

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  • الزراعة الحراجية في تونس.. حل مستدام لمواجهة التصحر وتدهور الموارد الطبيعية

    تساهم الزراعة الحراجية في تونس في مواجهة التصحر وتقليل فقد المياه وتعزيز التنوع البيولوجي. يتم تطبيقها عبر دمج زراعة الأشجار المقاومة للجفاف مع المحاصيل الزراعية، مما يقلل التبخر بنسب تتراوح من 30 إلى 50% عبر توفير الظل الجزئي للمحاصيل، كما تتحول أوراق الأشجار المتساقطة بعد تحللها إلى مادة عضوية تغذي التربة، وتقلل الأشجار من زحف الرمال وتدهور الأراضي الزراعية، وتعيد الموائل الطبيعية للطيور والحشرات.

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