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  • How farmers in Earth's least developed country grew 200 million trees

    April 27, 2022 |

    National Geographic |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Niger

    After years of drought and land-clearing that left Niger with few trees left, the country now boasts about 200 million trees, which have mostly been reestablished naturally. While the effects of climate change could threaten the future of these trees, this method has also increased crop yields in villages. This model of letting trees grow back with little human influence could be implemented in other countries.

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  • How Los Angeles Became the Leader of a Tree-Planting Revolution

    April 22, 2022 |

    Outside |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    City Plants, an organization in Los Angeles, is partnering with other nonprofits, government agencies, scientists, and residents to create a more equitable urban forest throughout the city. By working together and using technology, they have planted more than 65,000 trees to combat climate change, systemic racism, and high temperatures that affect all Angelenos.

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  • In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings

    April 21, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Burundi

    Communities that experienced decades of war worked together with the government, military, and police on a vast national reforestation program that planted at least 150 million trees over four years. The groups conducted a census and established nurseries where they grow saplings of the appropriate trees to plant.

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  • Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection

    April 10, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Lakshmipur

    Women in villages throughout India and Bangladesh are “silent climate warriors” who plant mangrove trees as a way to mitigate the effects of rising waters. While it’s not always easy to convince their family members that they should do this, they have been able to grow an additional 2,000 acres of mangroves that can reduce the speed of waves and capture carbon dioxide. They also earn income, about $430 a year, for growing and planting saplings.

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  • Seedballs Aiding Kenya's Reforestation Efforts

    March 17, 2022 |

    Science Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    In Kenya, like other countries in the world, deforestation is the major driver of tree cover loss. To solve this, a local startup called Seedball Kenya has developed the seedball technology whereby seeds of indigenous tree and grass species are coated with charcoal waste mixed with nutritious binders then thrown like balls into the planting grounds.

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  • Cleveland's reforesting efforts take root in once-redlined neighborhoods

    February 02, 2022 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Activists in Cleveland, Ohio are reforesting the city's vacant lots one community garden at a time. Gwen Garth, a local activist in the city, partnered up with churches, in order to create a long-term plan to plant gardens to also increase tree canopy in the city in a more equitable approach by focusing on historically redlined neighborhoods. The plan includes reaching 30% tree canopy by 2040, which means planting 361,000 new trees.

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  • How last year's Christmas trees are rebuilding New Orleans' coast

    December 23, 2021 |

    Business Insider |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    Every year, the National Guard air-drops old Christmas trees onto a Louisiana wildlife preserve. The used trees help restore habitat, prevent flooding, and reduce coastal erosion in the hurricane-prone state.The tree recycling program also keeps the old trees out of landfills.

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  • When the Ice Stops Singing

    November 14, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Finland, Saarijärvi

    Snowchange is a co-operative formed by a network of villages across Finland. The co-op formed after fishermen found all the fish in the river dead due to pollution. They decided to take action. They began "rewilding," a process of restoring ecosystems to the point that they can take care of themselves. They did this by buying peat production sites and rewilding them to wetlands. A decade ago there was merely three to four bird species in the first rewilding site the co-op bought, now there's close to 200.

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  • 'Community Ownership' Might Be the Best Way to Fight Deforestation

    October 15, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Evidence shows that "community-run forests," or forests that are owned and managed by the people that live in the community are better for the environment. In a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo 300 people manage 5,000 hectares of forest. Data shows that the rate of deforestation in 57 community concessions like the one in the village was 23 percent lower than the national average. Community-run forests also provide financial means for the people In Guatemala a community-run generated 9,000 jobs and $6 million in revenue.

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  • How Clayoquot Sound's War in the Woods transformed a region

    August 28, 2021 |

    The Narwhal |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Tofino, a popular tourist destination in Clayoquot Sound, a region on the west coast of Vancouver Island, attracts about 600,000 annual visitors. The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and other Nuu-chah-nulth nations have created an eco-based tourism market. They are trying to restore the area after it was decimated by decades of logging in the area. The five central Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations took over tree-farm licenses and created Guardian programs, as well as restoration and monitoring projects. Tofino's tourism generated $250 million in profits, setting up a model that could be used by other First Nations.

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