NATURE
252 million hectares are now under restoration across 149 countries.
Nature restoration is scaling—and already supporting more than one million green jobs.
SOURCEUnited Nations Environment Programme
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ALL THE SLOP
Every serving. No expiration date.
HUMANS
A small Amazon basic-income pilot cut reported food insecurity from 73% to 26%.
Economic security and rainforest stewardship rose together in three Indigenous communities—but the pilot had no control group.
SOURCEUniversity of Bath / Cool Earth
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NATURE
Tsavo West's black rhino sanctuary: an October progress update.
The 3,200 km² sanctuary was officially opened in December 2025. An October 2026 report describes subsequent fence removal and wider habitat work.
SOURCESan Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance / Kenya Wildlife Service / KRRE
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NATURE
$325 million will put 42 working-lands conservation projects into practice.
Conservation funding is moving onto farms with producer contracts attached.
SOURCEUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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NATURE
$65 million is turning 34 farm-conservation ideas into field tests.
The lab bench is moving onto working farms.
SOURCEUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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HUMANS
New York City will add 10,000 more free 2-K seats.
Child care relief is moving from pilot to citywide scale.
SOURCENYC Mayor's Office
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HUMANS
$23 million will add 77 supportive homes for veterans and families.
Stable housing, VA care and support services are being built together.
SOURCEOffice of Governor Wes Moore
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HUMANS
Allegheny County signed a 12-week paid parental leave law.
A local law turns a family-support promise into paid time.
SOURCEAllegheny County
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NATURE
A national cleanup removed 24,000 ghost traps—and funded 11 more projects.
Old fishing gear came out. Data, habitat and coastal jobs moved in.
SOURCEVirginia Institute of Marine Science / NOAA Marine Debris Program
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HUMANS
Seven parents helped turn a near-empty school into a 400-student neighborhood anchor.
A parent-led preschool and Spanish-immersion campaign helped Daniel Webster Elementary grow into a thriving neighborhood school.
SOURCESan Francisco Chronicle / SFUSD
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NATURE
A critical pronghorn bottleneck is now protected for the long haul.
A narrow passage in a 150-mile migration just got durable protection.
SOURCEAssociated Press / WyoFile
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NATURE
Chiricahua just became America's newest national park.
A new name for a landscape protected since 1924.
SOURCEU.S. Department of the Interior
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HUMANS
Free eviction lawyers were linked to fewer ER visits in NYC's highest-risk neighborhoods.
Housing stability may be health care.
SOURCEUCLA Health
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HUMANS
Six online sessions cut reported campus sexual aggression odds 73%.
A prevention program built for men paired consent, empathy, alcohol-risk awareness, and bystander practice.
SOURCEReasons to be Cheerful / RealConsent randomized trial
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NATURE
A primate lost to science for nearly a century is still alive.
Local rescuers documented more than 90 Bangka slow lorises—and returned 86 to protected forest.
SOURCERe:wild / Alobi Wildlife Rescue Center
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NATURE
Bristol added two more floating ecosystems to its harbour.
Native plants now shelter fish, pollinators and nesting birds in the middle of the city.
SOURCEWest of England Mayoral Combined Authority / Bristol City Council
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NATURE
Bleached corals came back to full health in seven weeks.
A brief tissue bridge moved helpful algae within three days—and recovery continued after the corals were separated.
SOURCEStanford Doerr School of Sustainability / Science Advances
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NATURE
Nine funders just put more than $500 million behind species recovery.
A new alliance is coordinating five years of targeted recovery funding.
SOURCERe:wild
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NATURE
The world's rarest ape has grown to 44.
Forty-four, from the brink.
SOURCEHainan International Media Center
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NATURE
Togo’s cotton yields rose from 570 kg to over a tonne per hectare.
The national average rose above one tonne per hectare in 2025–26; some farmer-field-school groups reached 1.4 to 2 tonnes while cutting pest treatments.
SOURCEBird Story Agency via AllAfrica
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HUMANS
Rwanda cut maternal mortality 27%.
Five years, a 27% decline, and a health system still pushing: Rwanda is pairing community care with faster records and referrals.
SOURCENational Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
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HUMANS
The UK made a free emergency plan for every neighborhood.
Eight practical modules help communities turn names, skills and local knowledge into a plan before the next disruption arrives.
SOURCEReady Together
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NATURE
$18 million will help ranchers keep great plains grassland intact.
The fund starts with $9 million from Walmart Foundation and $9 million in aligned investment from McDonald’s USA and suppliers.
SOURCENational Fish and Wildlife Foundation
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NATURE
Of 285 large UK rewilding projects, one was hit by fire this year.
The advocacy-group analysis also found burned areas from 2016–2026 were concentrated in acid grassland, heather, bog and other simplified landscapes rather than restored habitat.
SOURCERewilding Britain
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