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  • In a New Orleans ward ravaged by climate change, leaders nurture the next generation

    Dayana Sarkisova

    August 04, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Founded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development program teaches young locals and interns about environmental science and conservation practices to prepare them for natural disasters.

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  • Carbon credits versus the Big Gulp

    Katherine Ellison

    May 12, 2022 |

    Hothouse Solutions |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Twitchell Island, California

    By planting cattails and tule reeds in a California Delta farmland, scientists hope to change the area into a marsh with peat that can store carbon dioxide. This would also support levees from failing and prevent salty ocean water from ruining crops and threatening drinking water. Managing this kind of landscape can be expensive, and farmers are not always on board with converting their land, but this pilot project has already doled out 52,000 tons of carbon credit making it the first wetland project in the United States to do so.

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  • When the Ice Stops Singing

    Sasha Gallick

    November 14, 2021 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Finland, Saarijärvi

    Snowchange is a co-operative formed by a network of villages across Finland. The co-op formed after fishermen found all the fish in the river dead due to pollution. They decided to take action. They began "rewilding," a process of restoring ecosystems to the point that they can take care of themselves. They did this by buying peat production sites and rewilding them to wetlands. A decade ago there was merely three to four bird species in the first rewilding site the co-op bought, now there's close to 200.

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  • Many mangrove restorations fail. Is there a better way?

    Katarina Zimmer

    July 22, 2021 |

    Knowable Magazine |

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    Response Location: Guinea-Bissau

    Mangrove forests are known to be excellent storers of carbon and hosts of biodiversity, but they are also able to protect communities on coastlines from storm surge. However, many of the projects to restore these forests fail because they are rushed or planted in the wrong places. Scientists argue that organizers should focus on natural regrowth or “ecological mangrove restoration,” a science-based approach, which has been used in Indonesia and Guinea-Bissau.

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  • The fight to save India's most elusive cat

    Kamala Thiagarajan

    April 18, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

    After a fishing cat was first documented in an Indian coastal city, state authorities, scientists, and conservationists sought to understand how many felines called the wetland home. Using camera traps, they observed 10 individual fishing cats among the mangrove forests, though this method of estimating the population is tricky. Another survey is underway as researchers study how the health of these habitats are linked to the health of the fishing cats, and how to effectively educate locals about the importance of protecting this species.

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  • The rice of the sea: how a tiny grain could change the way humanity eats

    Ashifa Kassam

    April 09, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Spain, El Puerto de Santa María

    A Spanish chef piloted a project to start a “marine garden” — cultivating eelgrass and obtaining grains it produces to be used in different recipes. The grain has healthy benefits, including 50 percent more protein than rice, and growing the seagrass can transform salt marshes into biodiverse ecosystems that can also capture carbon emissions. They are working to scale the project to understand the ideal conditions to grow the plants.

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  • Here's What It Takes To Keep Colorado River Fish From Going Extinct

    Luke Runyon

    December 21, 2020 |

    KUNC |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Randlett, Utah

    Scientists and environmentalists are working to keep several fish species native to the Colorado River basin from going extinct. Through interventions like fish hatcheries and wetland management, some fish numbers like the ponytail and razorback sucker have rebounded. They’re now looking toward implementing their success at other parts of the river system.

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  • The army of women saving India's storks

    Neeta Lal

    November 08, 2020 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: India, Pub Majir Gaon, Assam

    After a conservation biologist noticed that the number of birds in her Indian village dwindled over the years, she knew she had to take action. Purnima Devi Barman started to help educate her community about the historical significance and importance of the greater adjutant storks, and formed the “Hargila Army,” a volunteer crew of 400 women who help protect the birds. Thanks to their efforts over the last 13 years, they’ve been able to increase the endangered species’ numbers from just 27 in to more than 210.

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  • Chennai Ran Out of Water — But That's Only Half the Story

    Erica Gies Dhritiman Mukherjee

    October 30, 2020 |

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    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    The city of Chennai in India is engaging in wetlands restoration and stormwater management by using traditional knowledge and community action to reduce flooding and ensure that people have access to drinking water. Through a development program called Water as Leverage, they are implementing “slow water” projects that restore flow paths for water, which could provide greater water resiliency for humans and protect and restore natural ecosystems. While it can be difficult to get government engineers to embrace green solutions, public awareness of the environmental work is helping move the projects forward.

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  • The mangrove forests protecting the Pearl River delta: a photo journey

    Katherine Cheng

    October 16, 2020 |

    China Dialogue |

    Photojournalism |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Hong Kong

    The Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong shows how the protection of mangrove forests is possible. These ecosystems are seen as a way to combat the effects of climate change since the forests can help prevent flood damage and store carbon. Yet, urban development, overfishing, and aquaculture pollution continue to threaten the recovery of mangrove forests in this region.

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