A new conservation area covering 75,116 acres (30,398 hectares) of tropical rainforest has just been established along Colombia's Pacific coast.
2.3 million hectares of land across Mexico is now protected.
The wild panda population in China has nearly doubled since the nation stepped up its conservation efforts.
Artisanal fishers recently found endangered sharks and rays - two believed to be gone from the region - off the coast of the Republic of Congo.
In Ireland, a pair of ospreys have successfully bred for the first time in 200 years - producing at least two but possibly three chicks
New tracking devices are helping scientists to understand and protect plummeting giraffe populations.
After nearly seven years of work, the Papua New Guinea government has announced that it will triple the amount of protected ocean within its shores.
30,000 acres of land in Maine, United States will be returned to the native Penobscot Nation tribe - a portion of what was taken from them in the 1800s.
Around the world, abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature.
Eleven countries have banded together to save the world's six surviving species of river dolphins from extinction.