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  • One of Europe's Most Endangered Birds Is Bouncing Back

    September 14, 2023 |

    Smithsonian |

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    Response Location: Portugal, São Miguel Island

    For two decades, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds has restored native trees on ​​São Miguel Island to increase the food and nesting habitat available for the Azores bullfinch. As a result, the population of the bird increased enough to be downlisted from critically endangered to vulnerable.

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  • Replenishing the San Juan River

    August 30, 2023 |

    Santa Fe Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    The Jicarilla Apache Nation is leasing its water rights, up to 20,000 acre-feet of water per year, to the State of New Mexico. The state’s Strategic Water Reserve can then designate that water to conservation projects like ensuring endangered fish species can migrate through the San Juan River.

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  • Napa Vineyards Are Pairing Wine With ‘Fish Friendly Farming'

    August 14, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Napa Valley, California

    The Fish Friendly Farming (FFF) program aims to alleviate the impacts of farming and ranching on local waterways, specifically local salmon and trout populations. The program works with area farmers to become certified and enact the best practices regarding soil health and erosion management to prevent too much sediment from entering nearby waterways. So far, the program has certified more than 280,000 acres of farms across 10 counties. In Napa Valley alone, about 90% of all vineyards are now FFF certified.

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  • In the Shadowy World of Animal Poaching, There's a New Cop in Town

    July 10, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, Kerala

    HAWK, or Hostile Activity Watch Kernel, is a digital intelligence gathering system for wildlife crime in India. Field staff use HAWK’s app to enter data when they encounter a crime, which generates the documents an officer needs to submit in court. Since HAWK’s 2020 rollout, the criminal investigation process has been streamlined, resulting in fewer errors, quicker processing times, and more transparency. Building off its success, HAWK is now being introduced to more Indian states.

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  • The black market endangered this frog. Can the free market save it?

    June 30, 2023 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    Ivan Lozano Ortega went from running a wildlife rescue center to breeding and selling critically endangered poison dart frogs, legally. He’s trying to stop poachers from taking the few frogs remaining in the wild in Colombia by making the species readily available to collectors.

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  • Learning to live with — and love — bears and eagles in Colombia's cloud forest

    June 08, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    A group of conservationists created Techo de Agua to engage communities in Colombia with conservation efforts for endangered species like the black-and-chestnut speckled eagles and spectacled bears. The nonprofit educates locals about the importance of these animals and reduces human-wildlife conflict with individualized solutions.

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  • Honey production sweetens snow leopard conservation in Kyrgyzstan

    May 10, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Kyrgyzstan, Shamshy

    Two conservation organizations are helping communities in Kyrgyzstan diversify their sources of income from livestock to include beekeeping, agroecology, ecotourism, and crafts. These efforts are preventing conflicts with snow leopards to conserve the local population. And some of the money made from the program goes towards funding environmental projects chosen by the community.

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  • India's endangered tiger population is rebounding in triumph for conservationists

    April 10, 2023 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: India

    India developed 53 tiger reserves over 75,800 square kilometers as a part of a government-led conservation program, Project Tiger. Software and technology like camera traps are used to track the tiger population, which reached over 3,100 last year.

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  • As 'good meat', Bayelsa community ate sea turtles until it realised killing them hurts the environment

    January 12, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Akassa, Bayelsa

    The Akassa Development Foundation’s sea turtle club educates coastal communities in Bayelsa about the importance of sea turtles to prevent locals from killing them for meat or poaching their eggs. The club members also rescue turtles from their captors and accept turtles surrendered by fishers to release them back into the ocean.

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  • San Diego's Frozen Zoo Is Bringing Species Back from the Brink

    December 08, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    At the Frozen Zoo in San Diego geneticists collect and freeze animal cells, including those of endangered animals, in cryogenic tanks for research and conservation projects.

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