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

Ekpali Saint

January 12, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

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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Restoring Hong Kong's oyster reefs, one abandoned oyster farm at a time

Peter Yeung

December 30, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: China, Hong Kong

Conservationists in Hong Kong are restoring oyster reefs by refurbishing abandoned oyster farms and creating habitat along the coasts. Their work is increasing the oyster population and providing habitat for numerous other forms of marine life. They hope the oysters will act as filters to help clean the water, too.

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Canada's First Nations Protect Millions of Acres of Their Lands

Ed Struzik

December 27, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation, Canada

Indigenous communities in Canada are setting aside millions of acres of land for conservation and research by making agreements with the Canadian government.

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Mussel Farming Is Healing the UK's Coastal Food Chain

Alexander Turner

December 22, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Scotland

Researchers are establishing mussel farms on suspended ropes off the coast of Scotland to restore marine habitat damaged by pollution and harmful fishing practices. The new habitat is also restoring the biodiversity of the area.

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Bringing back California's wild bees

Ashley Braun

December 21, 2022 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The Bee Better Certified program encourages farmers to to build and restore habitat for native bees on their land. Doing so can earn them the certification, reduce the need to rent honeybees for pollinationion, and benefit the planet.

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Restoring Watersheds, and Hope, After New Mexico's Record-Breaking Wildfires

Sara Van Note

December 15, 2022 |

Inside Climate News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Santa Clara Native Reservation, United States, Gallinas, New Mexico

After fires and floods, the tribe of the Santa Clara Pueblo is restoring Santa Clara Canyon using traditional ecological knowledge to design mitigation and replanting methods using burned trees and strategic seeding. Now, they are sharing that knowledge at other locations needing restoration.

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Utah looks to expand cloud seeding to help with drought, Great Salt Lake

Ben Winslow

December 02, 2022 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tremonton, Utah

Utah’s state government and Department of Natural Resources provide residents with machines to increase winter storm precipitation through cloud seeding. The process uses heat from a propane burner to release silver iodide into the air, which can increase snowfall and help combat drought.

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Eating Crayfish

Cassidy Hough

November 29, 2022 |

The Food Fix |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Northern Waters Crayfish LLC. catches the invasive rusty crayfish in Minnesota and sells it for consumption to control the growing population.

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Peru is tackling water scarcity with nature-based solutions, leading the way in Latin America

Kimberley Brown

November 29, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Peru, Moyobamba

Cities in Peru are adopting a nature-based solution project in which they charge residents one Peruvian sol with their water bill each month to fund local watershed and rainforest conservation.

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New York City's Public School on an Island

David Kidd

November 28, 2022 |

Governing |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Harbor School, a public high school located on Governors Island, prepares students to work in maritime fields and exposes them to public service careers such as the Coast Guard. They get the opportunity to do hands-on work in the community, including through a project to study the health of New York Harbor and a program that aims to re-establish the harbor's oyster population.

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