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All hands on deck — The social enterprise deploying young people to protect our seas

Carla Parks

July 25, 2024 |

Pioneers Post |

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Response Location: Netherlands

A social enterprise that started in the Netherlands and is spreading to countries around the Celtic Sea is training young people to work in marine industries while restoring ocean biodiversity. The young trainees work on projects like marine mammal observation and planting seagrass.

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The 'Save the Oceans' Tax Break: Recycling Oyster Shells

Kailyn Rhone

May 11, 2024 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: United States

Sometimes bolstered by state tax credits, oyster recycling projects across the United States are encouraging restaurants to save their oyster shells, which are used to restore reefs instead of ending up as waste.

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U.S. East Coast adopts 'living shorelines' approach to keep rising seas at bay

Erik Hoffner

April 24, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

Contractors and homeowners in Maine are installing living shorelines to deal with the effects of rising sea levels and stronger storms caused by climate change. As opposed to concrete jetties and breakwaters, living shorelines use natural materials like logs, salt-tolerant plants, and coconut fiber to protect the land from erosion and create valuable habitat for local animals.

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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

Kimberley Brown

April 22, 2024 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution

Marlowe Starling

April 16, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Barbados

Entrepreneurs in the Caribbean are collecting harmful sargassum seaweed that washes up on the beaches and turning it into agricultural products that reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers. Red Diamond Compost, for example, uses growth-stimulating hormones from the seaweed to create a soil additive that improves plants’ ability to absorb nutrients.

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From Waste to Waves: How Shell to Shore is Working with Restaurants to Save Georgia's Coastline through Oysters

Isabelle Atkins

March 14, 2024 |

Grady Newsource |

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Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

The Athens-based nonprofit Shell to Shore collects oyster shells from restaurants in Georgia to recycle into manmade reefs that will mitigate erosion and flooding.

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Emprenden soluciones no gubernamentales para mitigar la erosión costera

Luis Joel Mendéz Gonzáles

February 27, 2024 |

Centro de Periodismo Investigativo |

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Response Location: Puerto Rico

Para proteger y restaurar las barreras naturales, el Gobierno de Puerto Rico ha aprobado legislación, asignado fondos y desarrollado programas para apoyar manglares, arrecifes de coral y dunas.

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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 islands that went from whale hunting to whale watching

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

October 12, 2023 |

CNN |

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Response Location: Portugal

The Azores archipelago transitioned from hunting whales to whale conservation and eco-tourism that support research by implementing whale watching guidelines and building up the new industry after whaling was banned.

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In Baltic Sea, citizen divers restore seagrass to fight climate change

Sarah Marsh

July 26, 2023 |

Reuters |

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Response Location: Germany, Kiel

The SeaStore Seagrass Restoration Project in Kiel, Germany, is teaching locals to harvest and replant the underwater grasses. The project is restoring areas these plants used to inhabit because they store large amounts of carbon.

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