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The Forest That Proves It: How Sudbury Reclaimed a Moonscape

Stewart Mior

October 08, 2025 |

The GroundTruth Project |

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Response Location: Canada, Sudbury, Ontario

The Regreening Sudbury Project transformed a lunar-like wasteland into thriving forest through decades of systematic tree planting (10+ million trees), soil amendments, and transparent open-data tracking. This resulted in a 98% reduction in air pollution and 50% recovery of fish populations while creating a replicable model for ecological restoration.

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Otuabagi Women Farmers Replant Bayelsa's Future with Raffia Palms

Timkat Nanbol Victor

October 06, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Otuabagi, Bayelsa

The Otuabagi Women Farmers Association's initiative to replant 7,200 raffia palm trees has not only begun restoring their oil-damaged swamp forest but also created a cooperative financial safety net for members and sparked community-wide conversations about environmental protection.

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Denver's Food Forests Provide Free Fruit While Greening the Environment

Riley Ramirez

September 29, 2025 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Denver Urban Gardens transformed vacant urban lots into 26 food forests containing over 1,200 fruit trees and berry bushes, providing free fresh produce to communities while reducing local temperatures by 5-15 degrees and increasing tree canopy coverage in one of America's least forested cities.

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Fungi and spruce may help solve Alaska's plastic pollution problem

Yereth Rosen

August 22, 2025 |

Alaska Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

University of Alaska researchers have developed biodegradable insulation boxes and building materials made from local beetle-killed spruce trees and fungal fibers that successfully shipped seafood across the country while offering a sustainable alternative to plastic foam that could reduce Alaska's 1+ million annual styrofoam boxes, create local jobs, and address rural housing quality issues.

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One Tree at a Time

Peter Yeung, Georgeta Carasiucenco

August 22, 2025 |

Transitions Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Republic of Moldova

Moldova's National Reforestation Project, launched in 2023 with a €739 million budget, has planted over 10,000 hectares of new forest (36+ million trees) with a 67% survival rate, demonstrating early success in restoring degraded land and supporting rural communities, though it's currently achieving only half of its annual planting targets due to personnel shortages, supply chain issues, and weather challenges.

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In Mexico's ‘Avocado Belt,' Villagers Stand Up to Protect Their Lands

Fred Pearce, Agustín del Castillo

May 02, 2025 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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Response Location: Mexico, Michoacán

Indigenous communities in Michoacán, Mexico, have implemented traditional collective land management and community-driven governance strategies to sustainably cultivate avocados, successfully protecting local forests and biodiversity, empowering local economies, and resisting cartel violence.

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Sembrar vida en tiempos de conflicto

Andrés Gómez

April 30, 2025 |

El Turbión |

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Response Location: Colombia, Ricaurte

La Reserva Natural Los Gualpantes es una iniciativa de restauración ecológica liderada por 80 mujeres que en 15 años transformó 150 hectáreas de pastizales degradados en bosque restaurado con más de 7,000 árboles, logrando el retorno de fauna nativa y mejorando el suministro de agua comunitario, mientras enfrenta desafíos como el conflicto armado y problemas de titularidad de tierras.

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Where war once raged in Iraq, Yezidi women plant hope

Robert Bociaga

April 14, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Iraq, Khanke

The Clean Green initiative empowers Yezidi women who escaped the 2014 ISIS genocide to rebuild their lives and enviornment by planting more than 2,000 trees, specifically chosen to withstand Iraq’s shifting climate. The grassroots group started with just five volunteers, but now has more than 40 members.

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How a young beekeeper's initiative brought hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities

Sonam Lama Hyolmo

March 31, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Sierra Leone

Bangs Circular practices sustainable beekeeping across eight communities, launching the Tiwai Honey Project, which builds hand-made beehives to support the native bee population. This practice allows beekeepers to closely monitor the bees’ well-being, thus leading to more honey production and reforestation efforts. So far, the group has trained more than 400 local beekeepers.

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Kenya's cities adopt Miyawaki method to restore lost ecological glory

Dann Okoth

March 28, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Nairobi is using a unique restoration technique called the Miyawaki method to restore local ecosystems by creating forest islands in urban areas that have lost their green spaces. Since 2007, this reforestation method has established mini forests in three regions throughout the city, as the project has planted over 236,212 seedlings.

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