Saudi Arabia has restored one million hectares of degraded land and planted more than 159 million trees, marking a major step in its long-term environmental transformation.
In the United States, the Quapaw Nation has restored heavily contaminated land into productive farmland, turning one of the country’s worst pollution sites into a source of food and livelihoods.
Uganda reintroduced rhinos to Kidepo Valley National Park in 2026, marking the first reintroduction in over 40 years and restoring a species once lost to poaching and conflict.
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.
Croatia has completed a nationwide demining campaign, declaring itself free of landmines more than three decades after the Yugoslav wars left large parts of the country contaminated.
Kazakhstan has restored a third of the North Aral Sea’s water volume through dams, improved water management and regional cooperation, reviving ecosystems and fishing livelihoods after decades of decline.
A major restoration effort in Ukraine's Danube Delta has reconnected Lake Kartal to the River Danube, reviving more than 18,000 hectares of wetland and reversing decades of ecological decline.
Costa Rica has reversed decades of deforestation, with natural forests expanding from less than 25% of the country in 1985 to well over half of its land today.
Saudi Arabia has reintroduced the red-necked ostrich to its deserts for the first time in almost 100 years, restoring a key species to support biodiversity and ecosystem balance.
Saplings grown from a beloved sycamore are being planted across the United Kingdom, turning an act of loss into a nationwide symbol of renewal and hope in 2025.
