A global effort is giving nature room to recover
A new UN assessment documents 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, alongside more than one million green jobs. The report also shows where greater investment is still needed.
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Explore today's good news↗A new UN assessment documents 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, alongside more than one million green jobs. The report also shows where greater investment is still needed.
The Youth Olympic Games opened in Senegal on 31 October, bringing together young athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees for sport and cultural exchange.
The CGIAR Scaling Fund selected eight initiatives across ten countries. One programme has supported 9,000 farmers in planting 440,000 trees across 4,500 hectares.
UNESCO, UNDP and South African partners are working to restore degraded grazing land, improve water retention and train local communities. The project is under way.
The award recognises her work building Friendship, which began with a floating hospital serving remote river communities and grew into a wider development programme.
The WHO recognition reflects more than five decades without a human case transmitted by dogs, supported by vaccination, surveillance and access to preventive care.
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