Moreover, blue-and-yellow macaws are back in Rio after 200 years, thanks to an ambitious "reintroduction" project, and Britain smashed solar energy records twice in one week.
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Double the joy in Africa, mountain gorillas welcomed 2 sets of twins in three months!
Amid all the challenges, this week delivered great #optimism: up to 36% of Amazon forests showing unexpected climate resilience & golden eagles potentially returning to England after 150+ years.
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Indigenous communities are leading the way this week!
The Siporae tribe in Solomon Islands just sold their first carbon credits while protecting pristine rainforest, and Kiwirrkurra rangers in Australia are keeping ninu safe through fire management & predator control.
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This week's roundup brought us South Africa's Bird Island hosting over 43 000 Cape gannets in what could be one of the strongest breeding seasons yet; beavers building a 35-meter dam in Dorset; rhinos returning to Uganda's Kidepo Valley after 43 years & many more stories of optimism
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Midweek optimism!
This week also brought us the world's first palm cockatoo chick hatching in an artificial nest, Montana tribes winning a three-decade fight to restore their waterways & six African countries reaping rewards from massive tree-planting efforts
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End your week with a spring in your step and hope in your heart! Here's 7 Stories of Optimism from the past couple of weeks, to remind us that our conservation efforts are all worthwhile!
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Mid-week Optimism!
Giant tortoises are roaming Floreana Island again after 180 years!
DNA detective work resulted in the release of 156 relatives of the extinct Floreana Giant Tortoise back into their native habitat in the GalƔpagos.
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The first kÄkÄpÅ chick in four years hatched on the most romantic day of the year!
This week also brought us whale-safe fishing gear approved in California, European bison rejuvenating ecosystems in Romania, & Kenyan women planting nearly a million mangrove seedlings.
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WEBINAR REMINDER for TOMORROW!
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This week also brought us European wildcats reproducing in the Czech Republic's Lusatian Mountains after decades of decline, and Tunisia transforming an invasive crab crisis into a thriving seafood export industry.
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A splash of good news!
The North Atlantic right whale "Champagne" just welcomed the first calf of the season, and Amsterdam became the first capital city to ban fossil fuel ads.
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WEBINAR REMINDER!
Much conservation involves trying to elicit human action. Hear from Conservation Optimism's Reshu Bashyal & Jon Taylor about the lessons weāve learned through our work.
Feb 11, 2026 1:00 PM (13:00) GMT
Register for free at buff.ly/2WPesfw
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The Backyard Biodiversity project identified more than 1,100 plant and 420 animal species in local Sydney bushland.
Her story reminds us that conservation optimism is about showing up, doing a little more each time, and trusting the process.
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Meet Aditi Das Patnaik, a writer, photographer, and advocate for Sydney's bushland conservation
After witnessing the resilience of Manly Dam's ecosystem, she volunteered, got her hands dirty, & later launched "Backyard Biodiversity."
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Instead of imposing solutions from above, WCP Zambia and partners brought everyone to the tableāusing cultural plays, storytelling, and trusted voices to challenge myths and protect one of the world's most trafficked animals.
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In Solwezi, Zambia, something remarkable is unfolding!
The nation's first Pangolin Protection Campaign was co-created with traditional leaders, healers, and local communities.
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Elsewhere, Mongabay's founder reminds us why informed optimism matters: "Conservation suffers from fatigue and fragmentation"ābut these wins show what dedicated action can achieve!
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The Greenland Shark!
These incredible creaturesāblind, slow, and possibly 500 years oldāare just one reminder of nature's wonder
This week brought us IUCN's inspiring stories of successful shark & ray conservation, and Angola's "water tower" gaining protection as a Ramsar wetland!
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This week also brought us three Andean condor chicks hatching in Colombia (the "salvation of the species!") & a bumper rimu fruit crop in New Zealand that could spark a record breeding season for critically endangered kÄkÄpÅ parrots
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The high seas just got historic protection!
A game-changing international ocean treaty, covering nearly 60% of our oceans, came into force this week, legally binding 81 nations to protect marine life in international waters.
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This week also brought us rare twin mountain gorillas born in DRC's Virunga National Park, 18 North Atlantic right whale calves (a great breeding season), and a "Christmas miracle" chick raised by a previously infertile takahÄ couple in New Zealand!
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The ocean's gentle giants are bouncing back!
Green sea turtles have increased by 28% since the 1970s, moving from Endangered to Least Concern thanks to global conservation efforts
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Yes, the environmental crisis is urgentābut constant emergency messaging only leads to paralysis. And yet, there's a global community of conservationists proving every day that we can turn this around.
Conservation Optimism exists to rebalance the story.
Welcome to 2026.
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Thank you for reading, sharing, and believing that better futures are within reach.
Hereās to even more conservation success stories in 2026. See you on the other side.
Happy New Year!
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What a year!
From community-led conservation across Africa to treaties protecting the high seas, 2025 reminded us that progress is possible when people, policy, and passion align.
The last CO Round-Up of the year brings together 12 powerful wins: buff.ly/O6R5LsF
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Love wins in the wild!
A mama polar bear in Manitoba adopted an orphaned cubāand now you can track this growing family as they roam Hudson Bay together.
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Now she leads jaguar research and promotes coexistence between communities and large carnivores.
What keeps her hopeful? Watching communities transform from fearing wildlife to becoming its guardians.
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Meet Yara Barros, 2025 Whitley Award winner and Executive Coordinator of Project Jaguars of IguaƧu in Brazil's Atlantic Forest.
Her conservation journey began with witnessing the last wild Spix's macawāa moment that changed everything.
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A magical evening it was!
Our seventh Good Natured Film Festival brought together storytellers conservationists at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Relive the magic or experience it for the first time on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/LLm1jFs
Till the next one!
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