(via CNN) “Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve is a different place now than it was a decade ago. The delta ecosystem, which occupies around 4,000 square kilometers (1,603 square miles) across the country’s Almaty and Balkhash region, was devoid of large mammals, and its scrub, marshland, and woodland were degraded.

Fast-forward to 2024. Rare mammals like the Bukhara deer and the Kulan, a type of wild ass, graze on vegetation, surrounded by over 50 hectares of restored forest.

Thanks to the World Wildlife Fund and other environmentalists the region is about to welcome back an animal that hasn’t been seen in the wild there for over 70 years – the tiger.”

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17 December 2024 – in additional great news “Rewilding Argentina and Tompkins Conservation, are releasing jaguars into northeastern Argentina, in the hopes of reviving a lost population”

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2 May 2025 – via CNN

“Glimmering, deep-blue solar panels carpet rooftops in Pakistan’s largest cities and dot the perimeters of houses in villages across the country.

Pakistan, home to more than 240 million people, is experiencing one of the most rapid solar revolutions on the planet”

And thank you to some great politicians continuing to reduce coal use and striving to facilitate peace and prosperity.