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Organic Growth: How Turkey's Eco-Markets Took Root

Sevilay Nur Saraçlar

September 05, 2025 |

Transitions Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Turkey

Turkey's Bugday Association created a network of certified organic farmers' markets that directly connects small-scale producers with urban consumers, growing from 24 vendor stands to over 300 while reducing certification costs through group programs and municipal partnerships, though high prices still limit accessibility for lower-income consumers.

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Plateau Farmers Turn to Land Documents to Reclaim Their Fields Amid Violence

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

August 29, 2025 |

HumAngle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The Norwegian Refugee Council's land documentation project helped over 2,000 farmers in Plateau State obtain formal land tenure documents, providing legal security and reducing land disputes, but cannot protect them from ongoing violent attacks that continue to threaten their lives and livelihoods.

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'Survivors deserve better': State support needed to expand Maine's rape kit tracking pilot

Daniel Lampariello

August 22, 2025 |

WGME-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Maine

Maine's rape kit tracking pilot program, designed to give sexual assault survivors more control in their investigations, works like package tracking. Victims receive a postcard with a kit number after evidence collection and can check the status of their kit online.

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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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Climate change tests the resilience of people and desert-adapted wildlife in Namibia

Petro Kotzé

August 21, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Namibia

Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Namibia gives rural communities the rights to manage and profit from wildlife through organized conservancies, which has dramatically recovered wildlife populations (like elephants growing from 7,000 to 26,000) while providing economic incentives that motivate communities to protect rather than poach animals, even during severe droughts.

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City food forests offer a chance to experience nature — and eat it

Allyson Chiu

August 19, 2025 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In some cities, empty urban lots transformed into multilayered "food forests" that mimic natural ecosystems are providing free, accessible fresh produce to city residents through strategically designed edible plantings that feature native and adapted fruit trees, nut trees, and berry bushes.

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الزراعة الحراجية في تونس.. حل مستدام لمواجهة التصحر وتدهور الموارد الطبيعية

رجاء الدريدي

August 18, 2025 |

كوسموس ميديا |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Tunisia

تساهم الزراعة الحراجية في تونس في مواجهة التصحر وتقليل فقد المياه وتعزيز التنوع البيولوجي. يتم تطبيقها عبر دمج زراعة الأشجار المقاومة للجفاف مع المحاصيل الزراعية، مما يقلل التبخر بنسب تتراوح من 30 إلى 50% عبر توفير الظل الجزئي للمحاصيل، كما تتحول أوراق الأشجار المتساقطة بعد تحللها إلى مادة عضوية تغذي التربة، وتقلل الأشجار من زحف الرمال وتدهور الأراضي الزراعية، وتعيد الموائل الطبيعية للطيور والحشرات.

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'Historic': how Mexico's welfare policies helped 13.4 million people out of poverty

Oscar Lopez

August 18, 2025 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico

During the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico roughly tripled its minimum wage and instituted universal cash transfers for elderly residents and others in need, which helped reduce the number of people living under the poverty line by nearly 26 percent. But some people are still falling through the cracks and advocates say more could be done to reach the country’s most vulnerable.

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الشمس تروي ظمأ ديالي وتعيد الأمل لمزارعيها

استبرق الزبيدي

August 17, 2025 |

شرق العراق |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Iraq

اعتماد المزارعين في ديالي في العراق على الطاقة المتجددة ساعدهم على تجاوز أزمة انقطاع الكهرباء وخفض تكاليف الري، وانعاش الإنتاج الزراعي. قام المزارعون بتركيب أنظمة ري تعمل بالطاقة الشمسية حيث تولد الألواح الكهربائية الطاقة اللازمة للتشغيل، مما يقلل من قيمة فواتير الكهرباء، ويساهم في تحسين الدخل، علاوة على كونها أقل تلويثا للهواء وأكثر استدامة.

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Despite federal cuts to higher ed, Mass. free community college presses on, transforming students' lives

Mara Kardas-Nelson, Diti Kohli

August 17, 2025 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

The MassReconnect program makes community college free for students over 25 without a bachelor’s degree, while the MassEducate program helps cover tuition and fees for all Massachusetts residents. Since the programs were launched, the state has seen both enrollment and student retention rates go up, and students are transferring from community colleges to four-year universities.

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