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  • Au Cameroun, des réfugiés nigérians ayant dégradé leur camp sont maintenant à l'avant-garde du reboisement

    Amindeh Blaise Atabong

    July 21, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    Au Cameroun, le camp de Minawao accueille plus de 50 000 réfugiés fuyant Boko Haram. Pour subvenir à leurs besoins, les bois clairsemés autour du camp ont été coupés pour du bois de chauffe ou pour construire des abris. Le projet « Reverdir Minawao », soutenu par les Nations-Unies, permet d'impliquer les réfugiés dans le reboisement de la zone et le choix des espèces plantées. Environ 400 000 arbres se dressent maintenant dans le camp. Le projet a aidé à réduire la tension avec les habitants alentours.

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  • Is Tree Planting A Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card On Climate?

    Rachel Nuwer

    July 21, 2022 |

    Noēma |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    Many tree-planting projects are too poorly designed and maintained to benefit the environment. Long-term upkeep, increased transparency, and listening to scientific evidence can help these projects succeed, but tree planting should not be the only practice relied on to midigate climate change.

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  • What the Weeds Are Telling Us

    Ragan Sutterfield

    July 18, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Arkansas

    The Palmer amaranth weed improves the health of disturbed soils like agricultural fields. Throughout its lifecycle, the plant’s deep roots loosen the compacted soil, bring nutrients to the surface and utilize excess nitrogen in the soil.

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  • Flip Your Strip gaining traction, leading to removal of water-guzzling turf

    Tim Vandenack

    July 16, 2022 |

    Standard-Examiner |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington Terrace, Utah

    In order to use less water in drought-ridden Utah, many residents are replacing their grassy park strips with vegetation and rocks that don’t need as much irrigation. As part of the “Flip Your Strip” initiative, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District provides participants with money per square foot of grass removed. While the program is new, this idea has been tried and tested in California, where studies have shown that it is making an impact.

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  • Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry's Climate Solution

    Grace van Deelen

    July 15, 2022 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    The Royal Diary farm in Washington uses a vermifiltration system to filter wastewater to cut down on nitrate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The system runs the water through a bed of earthworms that feast on the waste removing the harmful chemicals and nutrients.

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  • Mega Whatt!? What a Rhode Island wind farm can teach us about New Orleans' energy future

    Sarah Ravits

    July 15, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Narragansett, Rhode Island

    The Block Island Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm that works to mitigate climate change and improve the state’s economy. The wind farm has created more than 300 jobs and provides an alternative to power sources that produce carbon emissions amidst increased demands for electricity.

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  • How Appalachia Is Growing Its Outdoor Economy Through Collaborations and Capacity Building

    Kim Kobersmith

    July 14, 2022 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    As a demand for outdoor recreation grows, due in part to the pandemic, Appalachia is delivering on the need with a number of new projects. Community leaders are collaborating on “conservation solutions that make economic and environmental sense.”

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  • Cómo un proyecto en Cádiz salva miles de aves de morir en los parques eólicos

    Esther Barrio

    July 13, 2022 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Uno de los principales retos del sector eólico es el impacto sobre la biodiversidad en los lugares en donde las grandes alas de los molinos invaden el espacio aéreo. En España, en donde la eólica es ya la primera tecnología de generación eléctrica —cubre el 23% de la demanda—, se han implementado diferentes medidas para prevenir ese impacto. El sistema que ha dado mejores resultados es el de "paradas selectivas", que ha logrado reducir la mortalidad de grandes aves en un 71% en la provincia de Cádiz.

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  • Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

    Frani Halperin

    July 11, 2022 |

    KGNU Community Radio |

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    Response Location: Canada

    The Canadian company Green Circle Salons collects, cleans, and sends salon waste to be recycled to divert it from landfills.

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  • Is Burying Power Lines Fire-Prevention Magic, or Magical Thinking?

    Angela K. Evans

    July 11, 2022 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Burying electrical lines underground — a process called undergrounding — can prevent wildfires and mass power outages. Most of the country’s existing electric infrastructure is above ground and outdated, which is something cities at risk for wildfires are beginning to address.

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