Positive News

Australia's Northern Territory pledged to ban harmful gillnets in commercial fisheries. Gillnets indiscriminately capture threatened species like dugongs, dolphins, turtles, and critically endangered sawfish. The commitment aims to safeguard these species and promote sustainable fishing practices across the region. | 🦘Source: National Tribune

Six states and three tribes in the United States have received major funding for mine land restoration as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. $130 million will go to high-priority abandoned mine land sites across Appalachia and First Nations communities. This funding will address health and safety issues caused by the historic pollution in these areas. | 🏝️ Source: Register Herald

Hawaii has reached a landmark legal settlement with young climate activists that requires the creation of a detailed plan to fully decarbonize ground, sea, and inter-island air transportation by 2045. | 🏝️ Source: The Guardian

Comeroo Station, Australia's new national park, covers more than 144 square miles, an area the size of the city of Philadelphia 🔔. Scheduled to open in late 2024, this park boasts 158 native species, 12 of which are listed as threatened or endangered. Rich in wetlands, swamps, and healthy river systems, Comeroo Station is vital habitat for the diverse wildlife that inhabits it. | 🏞️ Source: Good Good Good

The critically endangered Devils Hole pupfish resides exclusively on a tiny rock shelf in a single limestone cave in Nevada's Mojave Desert — the smallest known habitat of any vertebrate species. Though it once had a population size of only 35 individuals, scientists this spring have recently recorded as many 191, marking the highest population count in over twenty years!| 🐟 Source: Good Good Good

After extensive delays and negotiations, EU ministers have finally passed the groundbreaking Nature Restoration Law, which mandates environmental restoration of one-fifth of Europe's land and sea by 2030. | 🏞️ Source: Euronews

Clean energy investments are predicted to overtake fossil fuels in 2024. The International Energy Agency's annual World Energy Investment report reveals that global investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure will top $2 trillion this year — double the amount invested in fossil fuels, with investments in photovoltaic technology rapidly accelerating as prices continue to fall. | ☀️⚡️ Source: Reuters

Climate Force and the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people are working together to establish a wildlife corridor connecting the 180-million0year-old Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. The initiative aims to restore fragmented habitats by planting 360,000 trees, enhancing biodiversity and supporting native wildlife. | 🌳🪸 Source: Mongabay

Uzbekistan is combating desertification using nature-based strategies by countering human activities that dried up the Aral Sea, once the third-largest lake in the world. Uzbekistan is planting more than 1.7 million hectares of drought-resistant forest, with an additional 200,000 hectares planned for 2024. | 🌳💧 Source: Mongabay