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On a Honduran island, a community effort grows to protect its precious reefs

Sandra Weiss

March 25, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Honduras, Rotán

Bay Islands Conservation Association is an environmental organization in Rotán, Honduras, working with local communities to balance tourism and the safety of the natural environment. It does so through science and data collection, supporting and informing authorities, and educating the communities.

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From Fish Waste to Community Wealth

Meenakshi J

March 17, 2022 |

Hakai Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Chennai

A government agency in India is turning fishing waste into useful commodities, which help both the environment and the community. Discarded fish parts often littered the beaches near fish markets, leaving a stench and a mess that stigmatized the neighborhood. Now the parts are being processed and sold as fertilizers leading to a cleaner community, less waste, and a much-needed alternative source of income in the fishing community.

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The frontline of conservation: how Indigenous guardians are reinforcing sovereignty and science on their lands

Jimmy Thomson

March 12, 2022 |

The Narwhal |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Over many months, the Wuikinuxv Guardian Watchmen in British Columbia, Canada, patrol about 2,000 square kilometers of the coast by boat, and they're doing everything from warding off poachers to participating in scientific studies. Since it’s rare to see government vessels monitoring the area, many Indigenous communities throughout Canada have created these guardian programs as a way to conserve and protect their land.

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Researchers use waste glass to clean up polluted sea

Yui Sawada

March 09, 2022 |

J-Stories |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Japan, Nagasaki

The beach in Omura Bay in Japan isn’t a normal beach covered in sand: It’s covered in glass. This glass beach, developed by the Nagasaki Prefectural Environmental Health Research Center, is meant to recycle waste from the ocean and promote the growth of shellfish to maintain the water’s health. After five years, the center has seen about 525 clams per square meter, an increase over previous years.

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How to Plant Millions of Oysters in a Day

Ally Hirschlag

February 17, 2022 |

Hakai Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Annapolis, Maryland

Conservationists are injecting millions of baby oysters into the Chesapeake Bay region to boost the native populations and improve the water quality. With their efforts, they’ve been able to restore 10 tributaries and about 324 hectares of oyster reefs have been restored.

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Off the coast of Italy, a radical approach to battling illegal fishing: a seafloor sculpture museum

Veronique Mistiaen

February 07, 2022 |

National Geographic |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy

An unlikely sculpture museum is helping to battle illegal fishing off the coast of Italy, but this one museum you'll have to dive to see. Over 39 sculptures make up this underwater exhibit and serve as a physical barrier to seafloor trawling.

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This unexpected solution could save the world's depleting corals

Eman Mounir

January 24, 2022 |

Euronews |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Egypt

Underwater mooring buoys are proving pivotal in efforts to save corals along the Red Sea. In practice, the installed buoys are anchored to flat, solid bedrock provide a ready-made anchor for tourists arriving by sea, instead of letting them drop anchors on vulnerable underwater ecosystems. Since 1995, more than 1,400 buoys have been installed along the Red Sea coastlines.

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Conservation Group Tries One More Thing to Preserve an African Woodland: Prayer

Ryan Truscott

January 04, 2022 |

Christianity Today |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Malindi

A Rocha Kenya is an environmental organization that connects Christian conservationists around the world to protect endangered habitats and species with the both the power of prayer and practical conservation efforts. Today, the group is also working to train local farmers in new methods to protect the forest, focusing on topics like promoting soil health, increasing crop yields and reducing water usage.

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A shellfish company gets into the weeds

Sarah Sax

December 28, 2021 |

High Country News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington

In their fight to protect eelgrass, The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community sued the Army Corps and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Swinomish Tribe argued that creating wide exemptions to shellfish farming could endanger eelgrass, which they rely on. Their win led to stricter regulations that require individual permits rather than national permits. The tribe also opened its own shellfish operation.

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Could crushed rocks absorb enough carbon to curb global warming?

Peter Yeung

December 21, 2021 |

National Geographic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Spain, Gran Canaria

Scientists are testing if adding alkaline substances to seawater can allow oceans to absorb more carbon dioxide emissions. Early tests suggest this could be a potential way to combat climate change, but there are still many questions about how this can scale, how it impacts the natural ecosystem, and if it’s cost effective to implement.

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