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

    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

    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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  • Conservation Group Tries One More Thing to Preserve an African Woodland: Prayer

    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

    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!

    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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  • Another Challenge for Conservation Efforts: Gender Inequity

    November 15, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    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

    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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  • The furriest, cleverest, and hands-down cutest way to fight climate change

    November 11, 2021 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Monterey Bay, California

    Kelp is a great way to sequester carbon. A kelp forest that grows well can cancel the emissions equal to 5 million automobiles. In California, the amount of kelp in the ocean decreased due to a boom in the sea urchin population. That's because otters, which prey on sea urchins, were decimated by hunters. The numbers of otters in California went from 20,000 to 50. Thanks to a zoo program that releases otters back into the wild after they were fostered at the aquarium, the otter population increased to 3,000. The change is benefiting not only the kelp forests but also the amount of eel grass.

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

    October 22, 2021 |

    Pioneers Post |

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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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  • A shot of recycled water revives a flourishing ecosystem on the Santa Cruz River in Tucson

    September 08, 2021 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    By rewetting part of the Santa Cruz River in Tucson, the city has been able to revitalize an ecosystem that was once thought to be lost. Through collaboration and research, hundreds of species of creatures have returned to the river. This restoration project could serve as a model for other cities that want to help their desert rivers and sustain wildlife habitats.

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