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  • Can we harness the Arctic's methane for energy?

    September 01, 2020 |

    Arctic Today |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Alternative energy systems in Africa could help inform how to trap methane in the Arctic. Due to permafrost thawing and glaciers melting, methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, is leaking into the atmosphere. In Rwanda, a lake-based methane power plant extracts methane from the water and turns it into electricity. But questions remain about how similar systems and infrastructure could work in the Arctic landscape.

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  • Fishing for change: Local management of Amazon's largest fish also empowers women

    August 31, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, São Raimundo

    After high demands for arapaima fish led to near extinction, a co-management system in the Amazon rainforest has resulted in the recovery of the fish as well as the economic empowerment of local women. The work includes counting, catching, protecting, harvesting, and bringing fish to market. When more workers were needed, women stepped in and gained respect in the community as being essential members of the fishery. The women collecting an income from the program previously fished for subsistence and now receive payment for their work.

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  • Em risco de ser extinta, Fundação Zoo SP tem papel importante para conservação

    August 31, 2020 |

    ((o))eco |

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    Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo, São Paulo

    A Fundação Zoo São Paulo preserva espécies ameaçadas de extinção no Brasil, como a arara-azul-de-lear e o mico-leão-dourado. A organização também possui atividades de pesquisa e conservação na Mata Atlântica, no Cerrado e no Pantanal.

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  • Bringing the endangered Vancouver Island marmot back from the brink

    August 29, 2020 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

    The Vancouver Island marmot is making a comeback, thanks to recovery efforts from the Marmot Recovery Foundation. By 2003, there were only 27 marmots left in Canada’s wilderness, but their population has rebounded to just over 200 animals. These marmots are bred in captivity, where they can be monitored and acclimated to predators before being released into the wild. However, saving the species from extinction takes a lot of effort and money.

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  • They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won't Anybody Listen? Audio icon

    August 28, 2020 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California’s wildfires historically were contained through periodic but limited burning. But “misguided fire police” over many decades, focused on overzealous fire suppression, has accumulated more dry fuel, resulting in wildfires that have grown progressively larger and more dangerous. Climate change only increases the likelihood of more fires. And the inventory of unburned acreage that has accumulated is now so great that it makes it increasingly difficult to ever catch up.

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  • Creative programs help dairy farmers transition to plant-based milks

    August 28, 2020 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Hoosick, New York

    Some food producers are helping dairy farmers transition away from animal agriculture and into growing crops for plant milk. For example, Hälsa Foods, makers of plant-based milk products, contracted with an organic farm in New York State where he grows 20 acres of oats for them. While plant milks have their own environmental impacts, these partnerships can offer farmers a guaranteed market for their new crops.

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  • Green teen memes: how TikTok could save the planet Audio icon

    August 28, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States

    Many young TikTok users are sharing videos about environmental issues, like climate change and biodiversity, and it is leading to resource sharing, personal connections, and people reaching out to learn more about environmental topics like gardening, soil restoration, renewable energy, and environmental racism. Some believe the Covid-19 lockdown has increased engagement even further. A subculture called “grass TikTok” emerged to share information about plant species and has nearly 380 million views. The potential ban of TikTok in the US could lead to declining biodiversity engagement online.

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  • Could the Coronavirus Yield a More Robust Northwest Seafood Economy?

    August 28, 2020 |

    Bitterroot |

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    Response Location: United States, Garibaldi, Oregon

    The international seafood supply chain was disrupted in the wake of the pandemic but small fisheries in the northwest have tapped into new local markets. The fisheries, which generally depend on exporting seafood internationally as well as supplying restaurants, have found an interest among local consumers in fresh seafood that has led to community-supported fisheries and includes meal kits. Smaller operations have found it easier to pivot to regional customers and have taken the opportunity to build a stronger regional food system which creates a sustainable seafood market.

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  • Why California spends billions but can't control its wildfires. ‘No simple or cheap solution'

    August 27, 2020 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    After 2017's devastating wildfires, the state of California and businesses committed billions of dollars to thinning forests and other fire-prone areas to contain the spread and intensity of wildfires. But the state's "fire deficit," a legacy of more than a century of policies to suppress fires rather than let them periodically consume the fuel on the ground, has been too great to solve the problem quickly. Experts say wildfires like the record-setting conflagrations of 2020, worsened by climate change, will continue without even greater efforts by California and the federal government.

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  • Organic fertilizers to lift African farmers out of poverty

    August 27, 2020 |

    Heidi.news |

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    Response Location: Burkina Faso, Koubri

    After realizing that chemical fertilizer was doing more harm to the land than good in Burkina Faso, a Burkinese agronomist created a fertilizer from organic waste that has allowed the land to once again become fertile. Although the organic fertilizer promises a much higher increase in yields, chemical fertilizer is still widely used in the region.

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