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Madagascar: No more fish? We'll farm seaweed instead

Jacopo Pasotti

June 25, 2017 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Madagascar, Tampolove

Adapting to climate change in coastal areas means adjusting local fishing and cultivation practices. Residents of Velondriake, a locally managed marine area in southern Madagascar, have introduced seaweed and algae farming as an alternative to fishing. With the help of Blue Ventures, an NGO based in the UK, and the University of Toliara, residents are monitoring their ecosystem and finding new markets for their harvests.

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When New York Harbor Is Your Classroom

Cheryl Katz

May 25, 2017 |

Hakai Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New York City’s Harbor School is a public school that provides students with a comprehensive education in oceanic issues. Classes happen in a traditional classroom on Governor’s Island as well as on the harbor. Through this school, students living in an urban environment have a chance to connect to the environment and receive hands on training for maritime jobs.

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Vietnam's response to climate change? A shrimp and mangrove cocktail

Julia Laurie

May 23, 2017 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Vietnam, Ben Tre Province

Increasing salinization of water sources and droughts as a result of climate change have threatened traditional agricultural practices in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. But The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the Netherlands Development Agency are helping teach farmers to adapt by showing them how to work with the saltier waters, establishing organic shrimp farms instead of growing rice and preserving the valuable mangroves that protect their coastline from storms.

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Hope, love prevail in conserving endangered Philippine cockatoo

Keith Anthony S. Fabro

May 02, 2017 |

Rappler |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Philippines, Rasa Island, Palawan

The Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program on Rasa Island has taken a multi-faceted approach to conservation - by employing former poachers to help protect the very species they once threatened. Through a combination of education in local schools, coordinations with government bodies, NGO training and support, as well as local volunteers and engaging the community, they are striving to restore the iconic cockatoo population, as well as preserving the other plants and animals that call this area home, and the local villages that depend on these resources for survival.

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Making Energy with Waves and NASA

Margo Pierce

March 24, 2017 |

Paste Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The United States is making its move to catch up with European countries that have found ways to convert the energy of the oceans' waves into a form or useable renewable energy.

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Shampoo bottle made from ocean plastics hailed as ‘technological breakthrough'

Olivia Boyd

January 25, 2017 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: France

P&G, the manufacturer of popular shampoo Head & Shoulders, is teaming up with a recycling business and waste management company to turn discarded plastic found on the beaches of France into special edition shampoo bottles. Although the impact is small in terms of bottles produced, the amount of recycled content is a "technological breakthrough" compared to what other companies have achieved.

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Maine looks north, hoping to become a gateway to the Arctic

Henry Gass

December 27, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

The state of Maine has been feeling the negative effects of climate change including the rising sea waters. Businesses have decided to make the best of it and do it in an environmentally sound and sustainable way. They have sought out new fisheries, renewable power, and trade distributions through the Arctic.

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A Shallow Well Full of Hope for Women in Kenya's Lamu County

Sophie Mbugua

October 28, 2016 |

News Deeply |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Lamu

The amount of time women spend searching for water in Kenya is debilitating to their life. Shallow water wells closer to living spaces can help them reclaim some time to tend to their own lives.

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Insight: Inside Brazil's battle to save the Amazon with satellites and strike forces

Chris Arsenault

September 28, 2016 |

Reuters |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Brasilia

13 years ago, Brazil didn't have satellite data or heat mapping to track illegal logging. Neither did they have weapon wielding agents working to stop ecological crime. These tools, in addition to the help of indigenous Brazilians is making the goal of ending Amazon deforestation by 2030 seem more and more likely.

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Staying on the Land

JR Logan

September 06, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

A tax break for open space may help protect New Mexico’s farm land from development, preserving generations-old tradition and ownership, while maintaining valuable land for a future agricultural resurgence.

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