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2023 C.E.
Norway completes its largest-ever nature restoration project
All traces of human activity since mining began in 1910 were to be removed from Sveagruva and Lunckefjell on Svalbard, with the exception of cultural monuments and buildings from before 1946. It is has been hailed as one of the most extensive environmental projects of all time.
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2023 C.E. September 14
Global EV sales growing faster than forecasted and oil demand for cars likely peaked in 2019
EVs are now projected to make up between 62% and 86% of global car sales by 2030, with China enjoying an EV market share of at least 90%.
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2023 C.E. September 12
Australia’s New South Wales bans logging across 21,000 acres of forest to protect koalas
The koala-rich area would form a key part of a planned 315,000-hectare Great Koala National Park on the mid-north coast and "save koalas from extinction in the state," according to the New South Wales government.
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2023 C.E. September 11
Inspired youth pulls 2.6 million pounds of trash from Indonesian rivers since October 2022
Sungai Watch, founded by Sam Benchegjib, has successfully cleaned several of Indonesia’s most polluted rivers and revived mangrove ecosystems that have been damaged because of plastic pollution.
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2023 C.E. September 11
Sundarbans tiger and prey numbers rise amid Bangladesh conservation efforts
The world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, is seeing promising signs of recovery for the iconic Bengal tiger and an encouraging increase in the populations of its prey animals including spotted deer, wild boars, and monkeys.
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2023 C.E. September 10
Humpback whales make massive comeback on North American West Coast
Seeing just two humpbacks in Puget Sound was noteworthy in the 1980s. Today, the number of humpbacks has grown by an order of magnitude from about 500 on the West Coast to more than 5,000, including about 2,000 in Washington and southern B.C. waters.
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2023 C.E. September 9
African Union made permanent member of G20
The G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, along with the EU, addressing major global economic issues. The African Union now has the same status as the EU offering a greater voice to African perspectives and interests.
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2023 C.E. September 8
Africa NGO purchases world’s largest captive rhino population to rewild 2,000 across the continent
Africa’s biggest wildlife NGO, African Parks, secured significant emergency funding that not only allowed them to buy all the rhinos, but also pay for an international, intra-Africa relocation of the animals.
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2023 C.E. September 7
Scientists create a game-changing capsule form of the cholera vaccine
The new vaccine developed by the International Vaccine Institute, Gotovax, and Valneva Sweden is low-cost, lasts longer than alternatives, and is easier and cheaper to deliver around the globe. Cholera kills more than 100,000 people worldwide every year.
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2023 C.E. September 7
Chinese researchers grow world’s first human organ inside a non-human animal
The experiment from the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health experiment grew humanized kidneys in pig embryos. It represents a key step toward building an inexhaustible source of organs for transplants.
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2023 C.E.
Norway completes its largest-ever nature restoration project
All traces of human activity since mining began in 1910 were to be removed from Sveagruva and Lunckefjell on Svalbard, with the exception of cultural monuments and buildings from before 1946. It is has been hailed as one of the most extensive environmental projects of all time.
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2023 C.E. September 14
Global EV sales growing faster than forecasted and oil demand for cars likely peaked in 2019
EVs are now projected to make up between 62% and 86% of global car sales by 2030, with China enjoying an EV market share of at least 90%.
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2023 C.E. September 12
Australia’s New South Wales bans logging across 21,000 acres of forest to protect koalas
The koala-rich area would form a key part of a planned 315,000-hectare Great Koala National Park on the mid-north coast and "save koalas from extinction in the state," according to the New South Wales government.
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2023 C.E. September 11
Inspired youth pulls 2.6 million pounds of trash from Indonesian rivers since October 2022
Sungai Watch, founded by Sam Benchegjib, has successfully cleaned several of Indonesia’s most polluted rivers and revived mangrove ecosystems that have been damaged because of plastic pollution.
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2023 C.E. September 11
Sundarbans tiger and prey numbers rise amid Bangladesh conservation efforts
The world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, is seeing promising signs of recovery for the iconic Bengal tiger and an encouraging increase in the populations of its prey animals including spotted deer, wild boars, and monkeys.
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2023 C.E. September 10
Humpback whales make massive comeback on North American West Coast
Seeing just two humpbacks in Puget Sound was noteworthy in the 1980s. Today, the number of humpbacks has grown by an order of magnitude from about 500 on the West Coast to more than 5,000, including about 2,000 in Washington and southern B.C. waters.
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2023 C.E. September 9
African Union made permanent member of G20
The G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, along with the EU, addressing major global economic issues. The African Union now has the same status as the EU offering a greater voice to African perspectives and interests.
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2023 C.E. September 8
Africa NGO purchases world’s largest captive rhino population to rewild 2,000 across the continent
Africa’s biggest wildlife NGO, African Parks, secured significant emergency funding that not only allowed them to buy all the rhinos, but also pay for an international, intra-Africa relocation of the animals.
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2023 C.E. September 7
Scientists create a game-changing capsule form of the cholera vaccine
The new vaccine developed by the International Vaccine Institute, Gotovax, and Valneva Sweden is low-cost, lasts longer than alternatives, and is easier and cheaper to deliver around the globe. Cholera kills more than 100,000 people worldwide every year.
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2023 C.E. September 7
Chinese researchers grow world’s first human organ inside a non-human animal
The experiment from the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health experiment grew humanized kidneys in pig embryos. It represents a key step toward building an inexhaustible source of organs for transplants.