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  • Can the bioeconomy replace oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon?

    June 22, 2023 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Ecuador

    Communities in Ecuador are building a “bioeconomy” through ecotourism and sustainable agriculture instead of relying on oil extraction. This can help protect the country’s biodiversity and increase locals’ incomes.

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  • Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie

    June 19, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

    The volunteer-run Friends of Uplands Park Society works to restore and protect Uplands Park in Victoria, British Columbia. The members have helped native species, many of which are designated as at risk, thrive again by removing invasive species, planting more native species, and educating the community.

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  • Reviving the Lost Waterways of India's 'City of Lakes'

    June 16, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    After reviving a lake with no experience, Anand Malligavad went on to restore 30 lakes in Bengaluru, India. He and his team created a restoration model that includes dredging and cleaning the lakebed, planting native grasses and trees along the banks, and developing wetlands nearby.

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  • Learning to live with — and love — bears and eagles in Colombia's cloud forest

    June 08, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    A group of conservationists created Techo de Agua to engage communities in Colombia with conservation efforts for endangered species like the black-and-chestnut speckled eagles and spectacled bears. The nonprofit educates locals about the importance of these animals and reduces human-wildlife conflict with individualized solutions.

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  • A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean's Surface

    May 24, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    A project at the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve has restored 10,000 acres of seagrass meadow. For two decades, scientists and volunteers have worked together to collect, process, and plant seeds to grow the carbon-storing underwater plants.

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  • To Restore Watersheds, Think Like a Beaver

    May 19, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Crested Butte, Colorado

    Volunteers of the National Forest Foundation’s Colorado Rivershed project mimic beavers by foraging for materials to make dam-like structures that slow the flow of the waterways leading into the larger river. This strategy is a form of low-tech, process-based restoration meant to hold water in the upper basin for longer to reinvigorate the habitat and benefit the local ecosystem.

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  • Barrages anti-érosion : au Sénégal «on a même vu de l'herbe repousser»

    May 19, 2023 |

    Libération |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Diogué

    L’île de Diogué est le site pilote du système d’épis ­Maltais-Savard, qui installe des barrages avec des matériaux naturels, comme des troncs d’eucalyptus et des feuilles de palmier, pour lutter contre l’érosion. La méthode a permis de récupérer plusieurs mètres de plage.

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  • To Fight Deforestation, Amazon Guardians Embrace a Tech Boom

    May 16, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Indigenous A’i Kofán of Sinangoe, Ecuador

    Members of the A’i Kofán de Sinangoe Indigenous guard keep watch over the part of the Amazon rainforest their community resides in. With the help of technological tools like drones and camera traps, they are able to prevent invasions and illegal activity on their land — which often goes hand-in-hand with preventing deforestation and pollution.

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  • Mekong shrimp farmers less keen to share space with mangroves

    May 12, 2023 |

    The Third Pole |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Farmers in Vietnam use integrated shrimp-mangrove ponds to produce organic shrimp for a higher profit while preserving endangered native mangroves. When practicing traditional shrimp farming, the mangrove forests would be cleared but leaving the trees near the water provides nutrients and breeding grounds for the shrimp.

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  • New Indonesia climate fund backs Indigenous forest guardians

    May 12, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    The Nusantra Fund provides financial support directly to community-led projects in Indonesia. The aim is to improve the livelihoods of Indigenous and local people while tackling climate change impacts and protecting biodiversity.

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