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Indigenous knowledge and science team up to triple a caribou herd

Chris Arsenault

April 21, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

A collaboration between two First Nations communities, scientists, private businesses, and the Canadian government are recovering caribou populations in British Columbia. Because of their work, they have been able to triple the number of caribou in their herd over the last decades. While their methods of protecting the animals are controversial, they’ve been able to protect more than 7,000 hectares of additional land for caribou habitat.

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Let Them Bee

Naomi Starkman

April 20, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Vacaville, California

Farms like Pope Canyon Queens breed queen bees to supply to other beekeepers to meet the growing demand for pollinators. Queen bees are crucial to the pollination process as they organize the colony and maintain the health of the hive. Since having to rebuild after a massive fire in 2020, Pope Canyon Queens has about 580 hives and is seeing increased requests for queens.

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Heat wave caused bees to ejaculate to death. Could Styrofoam 'protection' help?

Stefan Labbé

February 26, 2022 |

Times Colonist |

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Response Location: Canada, Armstrong, British Columbia

As a warming planet continues to affect bee colonies, a bee farmer in Canada is experimenting with different ways to help the bees survive. By using a polystyrene cover, she was able to drop the average temperature in the hive by 3.8 degrees Celsius. While this type of insulation won’t be able to completely protect the colonies, it’s a simple solution that can help them get through extreme temperatures.

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Back from the Brink

Veronika Perková

January 24, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Zambia

The North Luangwa Conservation Program provides financial and technical support to protect and grow the population of black rhinos at North Luangwa National Park in Zambia.

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Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

Kasturi Das

January 07, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: India, Assam

Farmers and scientists in Assam, India, are creating artificial nest boxes for barn owls to help conserve and increase the population while reducing farmers’ use of chemicals to control pests.

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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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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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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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Want to Solve Wildfires and Drought? Leave it to BEAVERS!

Joe Hanson Mimi Schiffman

November 18, 2021 |

PBS |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Beavers can be a tool in the fight against climate change. The dams that beavers build have multiple benefits for the environment. Studies show that beaver complexes are greener. They store so much water in the soil and plants that they act like an underground irrigation system. Studies also show that fires in an area with streams without beavers burn three times more intensely that those with beavers. Beaver habits are so successful, that scientist are replicating their damns to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Another Challenge for Conservation Efforts: Gender Inequity

Sarah Trent

November 15, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Philippines

In the environmental sector there is still rampant sexism, women find it difficult to enter leadership positions and face discrimination, according to a six-author study. However, the study also shows that when women are in leadership positions factors that indicate success go up. Women are more likely to say yes to new conservation projects and are more willing to compromise. Case studies from the Maite Marine Sanctuary to the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation show that women in leadership positions are succesful.

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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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