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THE WORLD, MOVING FORWARD252 million hectares under restoration · Africa welcomes its first Olympic event · Eight agricultural innovations selected for scale

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PLANET · GLOBAL RESTORATION
252 million ha
under restoration across 149 countries

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.

AFRICA · YOUTH & CULTURE

Dakar welcomes the first Olympic sporting event on African soil

The Youth Olympic Games opened in Senegal on 31 October, bringing together young athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees for sport and cultural exchange.

AGRICULTURE · INNOVATION

Eight practical innovations selected to help farmers and communities

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.

29 OCT 2026 · CGIAR ↗

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SOUTH AFRICA · LAND & LIVELIHOODS

A 617-hectare restoration project takes shape in Waterberg

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.

26 OCT 2026 · UNESCO ↗
BANGLADESH · HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT

Runa Khan named a 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee

The award recognises her work building Friendship, which began with a floating hospital serving remote river communities and grew into a wider development programme.

CHILE · PUBLIC HEALTH

Chile receives WHO validation for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies

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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