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  • Conservationists Are Saving America's Prairies by Selling Them Off

    Marcello Rossi

    January 16, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Nature Conservancy uses conservation easements to protect prairie land in Oregon. These legal agreements allow landowners to sell their land to the conservancy but continue to use it for activities like farming and ranching.

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  • Pakistan's Mangroves Are a Coastal Conservation Marvel

    Marcello Rossi

    August 05, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Balochistan

    Mangroves are biodiverse growths that provide a variety of benefits to coastal regions including food security, a breeding ground for various species and protection from erosion and storms along the coast. Previously destroyed by deforestation, efforts to regrow mangroves are a cost-effective solution to climate change.

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  • The case for carbon farming in California

    Marcello Rossi

    May 02, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California has been leading the way in what is becoming an increasingly popular response to climate change: carbon farming. The practice reabsorbs carbon that’s in the air, into the soil, and can be achieved through methods like composting, no-till agriculture, or cover crops. While a promising practice, cost-related concerns and the sustainability and longevity of the response remain in question.

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  • Taiwan has one of the highest recycling rates in the world. Here's how that happened.

    Marcello Rossi

    December 18, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    Taiwan, despite housing 23 million people on a densely populated island, claims one of the highest recycling and reuse rates in the world. The government has created incentives for private companies, which throw some catchy tunes in the mix. But whether or not a country recycles remains, largely, a question of willpower.

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