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  • In Rural Western Uganda, A Tree-Planting Initiative Shows Signs of Life

    Kang-Chun Cheng

    April 15, 2024 |

    The Xylom |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Uganda

    Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine that uses it’s profits to support tree-plantnig initiatives, is working with the Jane Goodall Institute Austria to grow 200,000 trees in Uganda. The organizations work with communities to design the projects around their needs, then support locals through the process of growing trees.

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  • Managing predators from the sky

    Kylie Mohr

    April 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Researchers and livestock farmers in Montana are using drones with speakers that play human voices to scare off predators and mitigate conflict between the animals.

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  • Poopspotting: How AI and satellites can detect illegal manure spreading in Wisconsin

    Bennet Goldstein

    March 07, 2024 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    An artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at Standford University analyzes aerial photographs to detect fields with manure illegally spread on them in the winter. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can use that information to manually check fields for compliance with regulations that are meant to prevent water contamination.

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  • Underground seed banks hold promise for ecological restoration

    Josephine Woolington

    March 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Indigenous peoples across the western United States are bringing back native plants that disappeared many years ago by practicing natural regeneration. By slowly bringing ecosystems that were disrupted by human activity back to their natural state over time, the seeds and roots preserved underground are given the chance to flourish.

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  • Rewilding in Argentina helps giant anteaters return to south Brazil

    Sarah Brown

    February 12, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    A rewilding project at Iberá National Park in Argentina is reintroducing giant anteaters where they were previously considered extinct by bringing orphaned pups onto wild, protected land and allowing them to roam freely.

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  • Philly residents patrolled Kensington for 36 nights this fall. Now they want the city to back the model.

    Sammy Caiola

    December 22, 2023 |

    Kensington Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Residents of Philadelphia created a neighborhood watch and patrolled streets where violent crime is common between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. The initiative, Operation Hug the Block, aims to reduce gun violence and other crimes by keeping people with strong community ties present on the streets.

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  • Bird-friendly maple syrup boosts Vermont forest diversity & resilience

    Nina Foster

    December 18, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Several organizations in Vermont banded together to create the Bird-Friendly Maple Project. The program encourages maple syrup makers to safeguard their forest habitats for birds using agroecology practices like keeping a diverse variety of native trees. Operations that meet the requirements receive an official label for their products.

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  • 'Take It Down and They'll Return': The Stunning Revival of the Penobscot River

    Kea Krause

    December 11, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Old Town, Maine

    The Penobscot Nation gathered a cohort of organizations to form the Penobscot River Restoration Trust so they could purchase and demolish damns that were threatening the river’s health. The river and native fish recovered quickly as a result.

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  • Is requiring new apartments to include affordable units the right move for Vancouver? It's working in Redmond

    Alexis Weisend

    December 09, 2023 |

    The Columbian |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Mandatory inclusionary zoning policies have increased affordable housing stock in many cities across the U.S. In most cases, the policies require developers build 5-10% of new units with rents attainable for low- to median-income people, or pay a fee, which is dedicated to other affordable housing projects. In Redmond, Washington, such policy has resulted in a 42% growth of housing stock since 2010.

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  • Climate change is ravaging the oceans. Some startups see a solution in marine carbon capture

    Chris Bentley

    December 05, 2023 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Sequim, Washington

    Marine carbon capture, a term for various methods that trap carbon deep in the ocean, can help mitigate climate change by reducing the amount of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Startups around the U.S. are advancing helpful technologies.

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