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A Ranch, Rewilded: The Transformation of California's Next State Park

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 25, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

A floodplain restoration project in California’s Central Valley is preventing flooding, replenishing groundwater, and providing habitat for wildlife. Most of the restoration work involved rewilding the land after removing the berms that protected the area from flooding when it was an agricultural field.

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Do carbon credits really help communities that keep forests standing?

John C. Cannon

January 05, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Cambodia, Sen Monorom

Despite some support for the forest conservation strategy REDD+, which uses carbon credits to incentivize reducing emissions, many Indigenous organizations and communities say the strategy and general carbon market need improvement. They say the programs don’t lead to the purported benefits and must be more inclusive of those proactively protecting forests and local communities, among other things.

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How can California solve its water woes? By flooding its best farmland.

Jake Bittle

December 20, 2023 |

Grist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

A conservation nonprofit’s restoration project in California’s Central Valley turned a farm field back into the flood plains that once existed there. Not only did it restore natural habitat, but the parcel is helping to combat flooding and drought by absorbing excess water that will eventually recharge the groundwater.

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Bird-friendly maple syrup boosts Vermont forest diversity & resilience

Nina Foster

December 18, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

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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What if debt was written off to protect climate and nature?

India Bourke

December 13, 2023 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador

Severely indebted countries are using debt-for-climate swaps to shrink their debt while helping the environment. To make these swaps possible, creditors sell back their portion of the debt at a reduced rate to alleviate the risk of the country defaulting. Then, new loans are issued at a cheaper rate in exchange for the country committing to use some of the money it saves becuase of the lower rate on projects that benefit the climate.

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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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1500-3000 Words

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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Female Rangers ‘Don't Go All Alpha Like the Men' to Protect a Forest

Muktita Suhartono

November 27, 2023 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Indonesia, Damaran Baru

A team of rangers primarily made up of women is protecting 620 acres of forest around their village in Damaran Baru, Indonesia. The rangers' main priority is having conversations with squatters to prevent them from clearing the trees to use the soil, but they also provide important ecological information to researchers and act as environmental stewards.

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Holding back the tides of climate change with 'living shorelines'

Shawne K. Wickham

November 25, 2023 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

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Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Researchers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, are using native plants, rocks, and other natural materials to create living shorelines that combat erosion and tidal surges. Choosing this option instead of relying on manmade structures like concrete allows wildlife like barnacles and fish to return to those areas.

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The Surprising Power of Wastewater Wetlands

Bryn Nelson

November 20, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Forest Grove, Oregon

Wastewater treatment plants constructed to mimic natural wetlands — complete with varied topographies, native plants, and logs — are becoming a popular way to prevent pollution while creating environments where wildlife can thrive.

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‘This place wanted to be a wetland': how a farmer turned his fields into a wildlife sanctuary

Gabrielle Canon

October 22, 2023 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

A barley farm in southern Oregon transformed 70 of its 400 acres into a wetland sanctuary after it had spent years leaking phosphorus pollution into the Upper Klamath Lake. A team of scientists and advocates collaborated with the farmer to finance and construct the new natural ecosystem, which began to yield the farmer both environmental and financial benefits after only one year.

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