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The Caribbean mangrove forest that defied destruction
29 March 2022 - When a pristine Caribbean mangrove was decimated by a tourism project, locals on Union Island found a way restore it to its former glory. Despite their key role providing coastal protection, supporting local livelihoods, and storing huge amounts of carbon, mangroves are disappearing, destroyed for coastal development. But Ashton Lagoon is not among those statistics, because its mangroves and fisheries are now thriving. The story of how that happened provides a blueprint for how other degraded mangroves around the world could one day be revived. (more)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: How a startup harvests water from thin air
29 July 2014 - PHOG Water has developed a net, based on ancient technology, that catches water from fog. Michael Thomas, Jeremy Blair, and Andrea Bühler, the team now known as Phog Water, are on a mission to harvest clean drinking water from thin air. And as it turns out, the volcano La Soufriere on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has the perfect conditions: heavy winds, high elevation, and low-lying clouds. (more)
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