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Kigali wetland restoration has transformed formerly degraded land into a thriving urban green space that now controls flooding, supports wildlife, and provides public recreational areas for city residents.

Eastern Africa

21.04.26

How Kigali Wetland Restoration is Helping Rwanda’s Capital Beat the Floods

Yangtze River fishing ban recovery shows fish biomass more than doubling and species diversity increasing 13% within five years, as a comprehensive 10-year moratorium halts commercial fishing across the entire 4,000-mile river basin.

East Asia

20.04.26

China’s Decade-Long Yangtze River Fishing Ban Reverses 70 Years of Decline

The Mangrove Photography Awards opened for 2026 submissions this month, inviting mangrove conservation photography across six categories documenting the beauty and fragility of coastal forests that protect 100 million people worldwide while storing nearly one-third of terrestrial carbon despite covering a limited area.

Ecology

10.04.26

Mangrove Photography Awards Open for 2026 Submissions Celebrating Critical Coastal Ecosystems

Buying farmland to restore nature is gaining momentum in Denmark as a biotech entrepreneur converts agricultural land, such as Langelandsgaard in the small village of Kolsbæk in North Zealand, into wetlands, forests, and wildlife habitats to rebuild biodiversity.

Ecology

06.04.26

Buying Farmland to Restore Nature: Danish Millionaire Leads Rewilding Trend

Ohio environmental storytelling unfolds in a documentary in which farmers, park rangers, activists, and residents share personal stories that connect land stewardship, environmental justice, and community resilience across forests, farmland, and urban waterways.

Ecology

25.03.26

Ohio Environmental Storytelling Highlights Community, Nature, and Resilience

The rewilding national parks project at Cape Froward protects vast subantarctic forests and peatlands that host the world's southernmost conifers.

Ecology

20.03.26

Chile Expands Rewilding National Parks at the Tip of South America

Conservation efforts of Italian wetlands of international importance deliver economic benefits through ecosystem services, including water purification and flood control.

Ecology

17.03.26

Italian Wetlands of International Importance Gain Two New Protected Sites

The River Thames restoration has created new riverside habitats, improving water quality and increasing wildlife populations along the historic waterfront.

Ecology

16.03.26

River Thames Restoration Shows Remarkable Progress Despite Ongoing Challenges

Angola’s wetland protection reached a landmark moment as Lisima Lya Mwono was designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, safeguarding a vast highland ecosystem known locally as the “Source of Life” for its role in sustaining people and wildlife across southern Africa.

Central Africa

12.03.26

Angola’s Wetland Protection Makes History with First Ramsar Site Designation

Island conservation success in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez is on full display at Espíritu Santo, where community-led protection and regenerative tourism have transformed a once-threatened island into a thriving UNESCO World Heritage site.

Central America

04.03.26

Island Conservation Success Transforms Espíritu Santo into Mexico’s Galápagos

Solar grazing beneath photovoltaic panels in China's Qinghai Province provides herders with productive pastureland while renewable energy installations generate clean electricity. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Long courtesy of the State Council Information Office, The People's Republic of China.

Asia

04.02.26

China’s Desert Solar Farms Transform Barren Land Through Solar Grazing

Community mangrove reforestation in the Philippines is showing long-term gains a decade after Super Typhoon Haiyan, as the Paraiso community in Tacloban partnered with local groups to restore mangrove forests wiped out by the 2013 storm.

Asia

02.02.26

Community Mangrove Reforestation Revives Coastal Forests in the Philippines

Urban stream restoration in Tehran’s river valleys, such as the Darband River valleys, turns once-concrete channels into vibrant ecological corridors that reconnect neighborhoods with nature and support growing biodiversity.

Asia

08.01.26

Urban Stream Restoration Creates Ecological Corridors in Tehran’s River Valleys

Experiments reveal that diverse tree communities thrive better, demonstrating that Biodiversity improves tree defenses through natural cooperation.

Ecology

10.12.25

Biodiversity Improves Tree Defenses Against Hungry Herbivores

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