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In India, Sacred Groves Are Helping Resurrect a Near-Extinct Forest Ecosystem

Mahima Jain

March 02, 2023 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Response Location: India

Auroville is home to foresters, ecologists, and other conservation advocates working on various reforestation efforts like propagating tropical dry evergreen forest species and planting drought-resistant species. Today, community-run nurseries supply about 50,000 saplings a year for tree-planting projects in Auroville. There are also “forest groups” made up of local residents who plant native species, collectively planting more than half a million evergreen saplings of over 200 different species.

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In California, women learn how to protect their ancestral lands with fire

Debra Utacia Krol

January 30, 2023 |

AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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Response Location: Ishraamhírak, United States, California

The WTREX program runs prescribed burn camps to provide hands-on training for Indigenous women. This training allows them to reclaim parts of their culture and bring cultural burns back to their land in a safe learning environment.

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From Japan to Brazil: Reforesting the Amazon with the Miyawaki method

Nieves Zúñiga

January 24, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Brazil

In Brazil, the Friends of the Amazon Forest Institute is using the Miyawaki method in its reforestation projects to see fast results. The method requires planting several species of native trees randomly in organic soil and then allowing nature to run its course with little-to-no human intervention.

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Volunteers plant mini-forests in Paris to slow climate change, tackle heatwaves

Charlotte Wilkins

January 22, 2023 |

France 24 |

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Response Location: France, Paris

Volunteers of a nonprofit tree-planting initiative in Paris are planting pocket forests, based on Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki’s method, to increase biodiversity and combat extreme heat. These mini-forests are made of native species planted close together at random to mimic a natural forest.

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111 Trees Per Daughter Changed This Village's Future

Geetanjali Krishna

January 06, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India, Piplantri, Rajasthan

A village in India plants and maintains 111 trees to honor every newborn girl. The process has improved the local environment and air quality, thus improving the status of girls and women in the community.

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Dollars and chainsaws: Can timber production help fund global reforestation?

Gianluca Cerullo

January 05, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Brazil

A reforestation project in Brazil is using revenue from timber production to finance restoration costs by growing eucalyptus trees to cut down alongside the native plants they are cultivating.

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Canada's First Nations Protect Millions of Acres of Their Lands

Ed Struzik

December 27, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation, Canada

Indigenous communities in Canada are setting aside millions of acres of land for conservation and research by making agreements with the Canadian government.

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Restoring Watersheds, and Hope, After New Mexico's Record-Breaking Wildfires

Sara Van Note

December 15, 2022 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: Santa Clara Native Reservation, United States, Gallinas, New Mexico

After fires and floods, the tribe of the Santa Clara Pueblo is restoring Santa Clara Canyon using traditional ecological knowledge to design mitigation and replanting methods using burned trees and strategic seeding. Now, they are sharing that knowledge at other locations needing restoration.

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Beekeeping revives forests, land in Zim

Nhau Mangirazi

December 04, 2022 |

The Standard |

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Response Location: Zimbabwe

Multiple organizations in Zimbabwe are supporting locals who are learning beekeeping. The practice helps the local ecosystem bounce back from deforestation and allows the beekeepers to earn extra income for expenses like their children’s school.

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Felled City Trees Could Grow a New Lumber Economy

Alex Brown

November 29, 2022 |

The Pew Charitable Trusts |

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Response Location: United States

Groups and businesses across the country are encouraging cities to sell or recycle urban wood instead of sending it to a landfill. Many have started small businesses that turn the wood into products like furniture.

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