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How Indigenous values inspired the largest network of wildlife crossings in USA

Alexandra Christy

November 14, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Flathead Reservation, United States, Montana

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes worked to design and implement 42 animal crossings along 56 miles of Highway 93 to reduce wild animal collisions. An average of over 22,500 animal crosses happen per year at just 29 of the structures and collisions have reduced by 71%.

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Papua New Guinea's Meri Seif Bus Program Provides Safe Transport to Women and Girls

Alexandra Christy

January 01, 2020 |

Stanford Social Innovation Review |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby

A public transportation system just for women has been developed in New Guinea in response to the extreme harassment that women face. Launched in 2014, the program called "Meri Seif (“Woman Safe”) now serves 170,000 female riders annually and has more than 10 buses. The program is still growing, as more buses get donated, but women already praise the program for increasing their sense of safety.

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