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  • Bug reserve: Inside Britain's brownfield rainforest

    Gelareh Darabi

    June 26, 2018 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Canvey Wick

    Insect populations are rapidly decreasing across Europe thanks largely in part to human-introduced pesticides. In Britain, entomologists are trying to slow the decline and reintroduce insects by turning abandoned sites into nature reserves for insects.

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  • Food: Farming for the Future

    Gelareh Darabi Ndoni Khanyile

    June 06, 2017 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Africa

    As climate change continues to advance, its impact on farmlands has become more pronounced and increasingly devastating. Farmers and researchers in both South Africa and Nepal are working towards solutions to problems specifically related to climate change. Centered on developing technology, these farmers have found success with NASA satellite imagery as well as local clinics.

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  • Italy's pollution-eating cement

    Gelareh Darabi

    May 25, 2017 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Italy, Milan, Lombardy

    Respiratory diseases caused by air pollution now account for more premature deaths in people worldwide than malaria and HIV combined. To address increasing contamination levels, particularly in cities, scientists have developed a new kind of cement that absorbs pollutants like CO2. The special cement is being manufactured in Milan, and used around in the world in cities like Paris and Chicago.

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  • Fish Net Fashion

    Gelareh Darabi

    May 18, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Slovenia, Ajdovščina, Municipality of Ajdovščina

    "Ghost gear" are nylon nets and other waste left behind in our oceans by fishing boats - they cause massive environmental damage, releasing toxins in the water, ensnaring wildlife, and clogging up beaches. Now one organisation, the Healthy Seas Initiative, is working with fishermen and a sportswear company called ECONYL to retrieve abandoned nets from out of the ocean and convert the materials into clothing, carpets, and more.

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