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Wildlife Kenya, Africa
Kenya’s rhino numbers have recovered so well that several sanctuaries are full. Eighteen months into a national push to find new space, Tsavo West’s rhinos have about 30 times more land and more than a dozen Central Kenya landowners have signed up to host them.
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Eleven more features from six continents, each with the context behind the headline and the questions it leaves open. Every earlier feature is listed under Explore by region.
Rights Chile, South America
Chile’s forest service and 16 Kawésqar communities formed the first management council for Kawésqar National Park on 22 October 2026.
Health Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
The first participant has been vaccinated in Bunia in Tumaini, a Phase 2/3 trial testing vaccines against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola.
Rivers Spain, Europe
Red Cambera has demolished the Valverde weir at Frama in Cantabria, freeing 24 km of river upstream for salmon and other fish.
Wildlife China, Asia
China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration says the country now has about 5,000 snow leopards, up from about 2,500 in 2013.
Water Kenya, Africa
President Ruto has commissioned the Mwala Cluster water scheme in Machakos, built to treat 6.6 million litres a day for more than 120,000 people.
Oceans Canada, North America
Canada has committed to protect another 3 per cent of its ocean, more than 170,000 sq km, by the end of 2027, taking the total above 20 per cent.
Energy Germany, Europe
Germany added about 8.2 GWh of battery storage from January to September 2026, 91 per cent more than a year earlier, led by large grid batteries.
Wildlife New Zealand, Oceania
Mātātā, or fernbirds, have been found at Lake Kōhangaterā near Wellington, the first recorded sightings there in about 70 years.
Health Kenya, Africa
Kenya has released 20 Ebola contacts after 21 symptom-free days; all nine confirmed cases belong to one cluster and there is no sign of community spread.
Energy Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam, Asia
Singapore has conditionally approved importing 1.3 GW of electricity from Vietnamese offshore wind and Malaysian solar via a three-country corridor, targeted for 2035.
Education Bolivia, South America
Bolivia’s Aulas Conectadas programme will bring satellite internet to more than 73,000 pupils in 307 La Paz schools, with plans for at least 4,500 antennas nationwide.
Across Borders Analysis
This month brought good news for two of the world’s great carbon stores. In northern Ontario, a coalition of governments and donors bought time: it secured 81,400 hectares of boreal peatland and will use carbon finance to keep it protected. In Brazil, the government relied on enforcement, with satellite monitoring, penalties and credit rules, to push Amazon deforestation to a record low across a vast public territory.
Each approach has a weak point. Ontario’s depends on money lasting for decades. Brazil’s depends on political continuity, which is now being decided at the ballot box. Neither, on its own, is protected from the drought and fire that a warming climate brings.
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