A Dutch court has ruled that bottom trawling in the protected Dogger Bank area must undergo environmental assessment before permits can be granted, strengthening marine conservation in the Netherlands.
France has restored marine ecosystems off Marseille by reducing pollution, allowing vital seagrass meadows to recover naturally and strengthen biodiversity and carbon storage.
Vietnam is restoring large areas of wetlands in the Mekong Delta, boosting climate resilience, protecting biodiversity and creating safer, more sustainable livelihoods and tourism opportunities.
São Tomé and Príncipe is rewarding thousands of villagers with direct payments for protecting forests, creating a new model that links livelihoods with conservation.
Seychelles has recorded the first successful coral spawning at a new land-based breeding laboratory, producing thousands of juvenile corals to strengthen reef restoration in the Indian Ocean.
China’s 10-year fishing ban in the Yangtze River is already showing promising results, halting decades of biodiversity decline and allowing fish populations to begin recovering.
Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador after 180 years, marking a major step in restoring one of the Galápagos’ most heavily altered ecosystems.
A species once feared extinct has rebounded in Bermuda after conservationists bred and released more than 100,000 greater Bermuda land snails back into the wild.
Australia is investing $17 million to restore more than 30 wetlands in 2026, improving habitats for migratory shorebirds and boosting biodiversity across fragile ecosystems.
France launched its largest rewilding landscape in 2025 in the Dauphiné Alps, aiming to rebuild resilient mountain ecosystems by helping key wildlife return and thrive with minimal human intervention.
