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Could California Become a Zero-Extinction State?

Jimmy Tobias

May 31, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Presumed extinct, some plants may just be very rare. With careful handling and habitat restoration, once lost species may be able to bounce back. In California, a biodiversity hotspot hit with heavy development, volunteers are searching the state for missing plants and rolling back extinction numbers.

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How chopping off their horns helps save rhinos from poachers

Tony Carnie

May 31, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: South Africa

As rhino populations continue to decrease at an alarming rate due to poaching, wildlife managers in South African reserves have begun to take matters into their own hands with emergency solutions such as dehorning. Although not financially sustainable for all reserves, the practice of dehorning aims to make rhinos a less attractive commodity to poachers by eliminating what they're after most.

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Saving Africa's wildlife

Kevin Sieff

May 18, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Malawi

Africa's wildlife have made headlines time and time again, as species find their way closer to extinction. There are some pockets of the continent, however that have provide refuge for species and allowed them to not just populate, but thrive. Recognizing this, a group known as African Parks found a way to use these growing populations to repopulate other areas of the continent by transporting animals to newly protected areas.

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An Unusual Way to Rescue a City From Blight—Bees

J. Gabriel Ware

May 17, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Hives has a twofold mission of reducing urban blight and protecting bees. The nonprofit organization purchases low-cost vacant lots and transforms them into farms for bee hives. Its creative partnerships with local businesses have provided honey for restaurants and flowerbeds to the farm, all while making Detroit more beautiful.

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How to combat the fall armyworm

Lominda Afedraru

April 28, 2018 |

Daily Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda

The fall armyworm has caused problems for farmers throughout Uganda for the past several years. To combat the issue, a number of scientific and rudimentary practices have been developed for farmers to implement into their routines.

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Poachers vs. Poop

John Platt

April 11, 2018 |

The Revelator |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Africa

After 15 years of collecting dung and DNA from elephants, conservation biologist Samuel Wasser and his team were able to create a map documenting nearly all of the African elephant populations. With this in place, the information can be used to help law enforcement identify poaching hotspots and arrest ivory traffickers. Now this same process is being applied to other endangered species.

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Years of eavesdropping on insect sex talk is starting to pay off for grape growers

Christopher Bobryk

April 04, 2018 |

Ensia |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Italy

Leafhoppers may sound like a harmless term to the untrained ear, but vineyard owners will quickly disagree. These insects have a history of invading and devastating vineyards across the U.S. and Europe. Entomologists may have uncovered a solution however, via studying how the leafhoppers mate. By replicating their vibrational mating calls, so to speak, they are able to hinder the species ability to mate, thus slowing down their reproduction rates.

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Protecting crops with predators instead of poisons

Andy McGlashen

March 15, 2018 |

Environmental Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Insects, small birds, rodents are just a few of the species that are negatively impacting farmers all over the world. Many traditional deterrents are seen as impractical, inconvenient and oftentimes short-term. Predatory birds may be the solution farmers have been searching for.

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One hive at a time, backyard beekeepers try saving Detroit, the world

Frank Witsil

March 14, 2018 |

Detroit Free Press |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

With the bee population decreasing from 6 million hives to about 2.5 million hives since the 1940s, there has been an increase in discussion around the necessity of bees to the ecosystem. To help play their part in sustaining this vulnerable population, community members in Detroit formed a non-profit that cultivates urban beehives while partnering with small businesses to promote the use of the bees' honey.

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A Grand Experiment on the Grasslands

Emily Sohn

March 13, 2018 |

bioGraphic |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Sometimes there's an equal amount to learn about failed solutions as there is about solutions that are working. In an attempt to save the lesser prairie-chickens that live in the American Great Plains from extinction, the Fish and Wildlife Service is faced with a decision to weigh the potential of altering the way the Endangered Species Act works. Trying to appease both businesses and conservationists, however, has its drawbacks which has lead to a series of workarounds implemented that have worked on various levels.

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