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  • A non-profit is trying to save manatees by restoring seagrass

    Janet Scherberger

    July 25, 2023 |

    WMNF Community Radio |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Florida

    The Ecosphere Restoration Institute received $5 million from the Florida State Legislature to restore the declining seagrasses on 100 acres of the coast. The organization partnered with experts who have permits to harvest the seeds, grow them in a nursery, and replant them in shallow areas. The project will also help prevent manatee deaths, as the animal depends on seagrass as a food source.

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  • Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition

    Fred Pearce

    July 24, 2023 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Menominee, United States, Wisconsin

    Menominee tribal members are practicing methods of forest management that blend both conservation and Indigenous culture to preserve the viability of the forest long-term. In 2018, it was found that after a century of logging on the reservation, the forest had higher tree volume, higher rates of regeneration, more plant diversity and fewer invasive species than other, nontribal forests.

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  • In the land of honey and nuts: Indigenous solutions to save Brazil's Cerrado

    Elizabeth Oliveira

    June 27, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Mato Grosso

    The Resilient Cerrado Project funds Indigenous-community-led economic projects in Brazil’s Cerrado region. Projects like the Terena people’s beehive installation and beekeeper training help to protect the region’s biodiversity, cultural diversity, and improve community members’ welfare.

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  • Can the bioeconomy replace oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon?

    Gabriela Barzallo

    June 22, 2023 |

    El País |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Ecuador

    Communities in Ecuador are building a “bioeconomy” through ecotourism and sustainable agriculture instead of relying on oil extraction. This can help protect the country’s biodiversity and increase locals’ incomes.

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  • Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie

    Spoorthy Raman

    June 19, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

    The volunteer-run Friends of Uplands Park Society works to restore and protect Uplands Park in Victoria, British Columbia. The members have helped native species, many of which are designated as at risk, thrive again by removing invasive species, planting more native species, and educating the community.

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  • A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean's Surface

    Tatiana Schlossberg

    May 24, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    A project at the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve has restored 10,000 acres of seagrass meadow. For two decades, scientists and volunteers have worked together to collect, process, and plant seeds to grow the carbon-storing underwater plants.

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  • How indigenous women farmers in Mexico are using agroforestry to save the world's favorite drink

    Magdalena Rojo

    May 15, 2023 |

    Unbias The News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Guadalupe Buenavista, Oaxaca

    Coffee growers in Oaxaca, Mexico, are renovating their plantations into agroforestry systems to adapt to the effects of climate change. The new growing style integrates native trees and shrubs to diversify the fields. This makes the plants more resistant to unpredictable weather, diseases, and pests.

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  • New Indonesia climate fund backs Indigenous forest guardians

    Michael Taylor Asad Asnawi

    May 12, 2023 |

    Context |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia

    The Nusantra Fund provides financial support directly to community-led projects in Indonesia. The aim is to improve the livelihoods of Indigenous and local people while tackling climate change impacts and protecting biodiversity.

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  • Amid changing climate, Bangladesh farming groups conserve indigenous rice seeds

    Abu Siddique

    April 03, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Bangladesh

    The Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge runs a rice breeding initiative to preserve and encourage the planting of indigenous seeds. The program trains farmers how to problem solve, cultivate, and save the different seed varieties.

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  • How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change

    Michelle Lotker

    April 03, 2023 |

    PBS North Carolina |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    In North Carolina, planting native grassland plants instead of typical turf for lawns, landscaping, and roadside areas can create a carbon sink as the plants trap carbon underground in their long root systems.

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