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  • A Tour of Unloved Fishes

    February 16, 2021 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    Fishploration provides scientifically guided tours of fish markets to teach consumers how to select sustainable and non-threatened fish that are in season and caught using non-destructive fishing practices. Each month, the group produces a guide - based both on scientific information and knowledge from local fish sellers – highlight which species are in season and okay to eat. Participants walk through the market, learning to identify species and having a chance to interact with the fishing community. A second component of the tour is to visit the home of a local fisher family and share a meal.

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  • Eavesdrop on forest sounds to effectively monitor biodiversity, researchers say

    January 03, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Bontang, East Kalimantan

    Bioacoustics, a method for studying sound in forests, has some powerful implications for conservation. For example, the U.S.-based non-profit Rainforest Connection used a remote smartphone network to discover logging and poaching in rainforests. The science is ongoing, but some promising applications are clear.

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  • In India, indigenous youths are filming their own forests and communities

    December 27, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Rupa

    The Greenhub project trains indigenous youth in India to use video filming and editing as a way to educate others about conservation in the region. Greenhub fellows spend months learning photography and videography techniques from successful Indian filmmakers, and then make videos on topics from endangered species to tourism promotion.

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  • From a new bird to a new community reserve: India's tribe sets example

    December 13, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Singchung Village, Arunachal Pradesh

    A new species of bird discovered in the small village of Singchung, India has been named after the Indigenous people who own that land — the bird is called Bugun liocichla, named after the Bugun people. Not only did this put the village in the international spotlight, it also brought tourism that helped them develop an ecotourism business. Now the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary is in charge of the community reserve which is now the most effectively patrolled area under the sanctuary's purview.

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  • The Bangladeshi tribe that's guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers

    November 29, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Chittagong

    A conservation researcher from the Creative Conservation Alliance in Bangladesh has formed a partnership with the Mro people by training them to be parabiologists. They have learned to document and save threatened species. The Chittagong Hill Tracts has some of the greatest biodiversity in Bangladesh, and this work has led to the discovery and preservation of some species previously thought to be extinct.

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  • Can grains of the past help us weather storms of the future?

    February 09, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: India, Sundarbans

    After a devastating cyclone changed the nature of local soil, NGOs preserved Indian rice crops by reintroducing traditional rice varieties that can be cultivated even in salt-ridden earth. Although some first met this idea with skepticism, many farmers have now adopted the practice after witnessing the success of the crops.

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