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  • How religious worship is boosting conservation in India

    July 26, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India

    Sacred groves in India protected by religious practices, culture, and communities are helping country-wide conservation efforts for greenery and endangered species.

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  • In the US West, Researchers Consider a Four-Legged Tool to Fight Two Foes: Wildfire and Cheatgrass

    July 06, 2022 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Scientists are experimenting with a low-cost way of combatting an invasive species and wildfires. They’re using cattle to graze on cheatgrass, which has spread across the U.S. West, disrupted native plants and animals and become a source of fuel for fires. The cows were able to reduce the grass by an average of more than 60 percent, creating an area that could prevent fires from spreading.

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  • Trees, tech and people help Mozambican park reverse nature losses

    July 05, 2022 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Mozambique, Goinha

    Gorongosa National Park is a leader in community-driven conservation efforts. Last year, surrounding communities planted more than 260,000 coffee trees and 20,000 indigenous trees. The park has also led to employment for 1,500 locals, in an effort to protect the environment and keep the local economy afloat.

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  • The Indigenous Food Cafés Transforming Local Cuisine

    June 27, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Khweng, Meghalaya

    After the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society documented hundreds of edible, wild plants in an Indian state, they worked with food stall owners to incorporate these Indigenous ingredients into their menu. Some opened cafés, which allowed them to connect with farmers and foragers and reduce their carbon footprint by sourcing greens locally. These cafés highlight underutilized plant species and create a community in their villages.

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  • Farmers trained to select healthy potato seeds finally making profits

    May 11, 2022 |

    The Bridge Magazine |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Burera

    Local farmers who received training in ‘positive selection,’ an inexpensive way to multiply potato seeds by selecting healthy-looking, vigorous mother plants, have increased their profits using this method.

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  • In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings

    April 21, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Burundi

    Communities that experienced decades of war worked together with the government, military, and police on a vast national reforestation program that planted at least 150 million trees over four years. The groups conducted a census and established nurseries where they grow saplings of the appropriate trees to plant.

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  • Seedballs Aiding Kenya's Reforestation Efforts

    March 17, 2022 |

    Science Africa |

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    In Kenya, like other countries in the world, deforestation is the major driver of tree cover loss. To solve this, a local startup called Seedball Kenya has developed the seedball technology whereby seeds of indigenous tree and grass species are coated with charcoal waste mixed with nutritious binders then thrown like balls into the planting grounds.

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  • Maryland Town Turns Flood Zone into a Tourist Attraction

    January 20, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Frederick, Maryland

    When algae overgrowth began to plague the Carroll Creek flood control project, a group of volunteers cultivated 1,000 floating canopies of plants to block the sunlight that algae need to grow, allowing the community to maintain the effective underground concrete conduits that move storm water. 250 volunteers maintain the plants throughout the year and the creek, previously made unusable by the algae, now draws tourists to see various attractions.

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

    November 18, 2021 |

    PBS |

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    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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  • Blue forests are under threat. A quiet revolution could save them

    October 22, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Madagascar

    Mangroves can store up six times more carbon than an area equal to the Amazon rainforest. However, they are rapidly declining, over the past century their population has been reduced by 30 to 50 percent. One nonprofit, Blue Ventures, is working with local communities to regenerate fisheries, which helps the mangroves. They're also helping local communities to manage their mangroves.

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