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More people are surviving cancer than ever

1. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/70-percent-of-cancer-patients-now-survive-at-least-five-years-study-finds/
2. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2026/will-record-high-cancer-survival-rates-continue

Zero rhinos killed in Assam state

1. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/not-a-single-rhino-in-assam-poached-in-2025-says-himanta-biswa-sarma-101767284536888.html

First insects to receive legal rights

1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/honey-making-stingless-bees-in-the-peruvian-amazon-become-the-first-insects-to-gain-legal-rights-180987937/
2. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/stingless-bees-from-the-amazon-granted-legal-rights-in-world-first

Endangered sharks and rays receive greater protections

1. https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/01/global-agreement-boosts-protection-for-70-endangered-shark-and-ray-species/
2. https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/stories/overfishing-puts-more-than-one-third-of-all-sharks-rays-and-chimaeras-at-risk-of-extinction/

High Seas Treaty comes into effect

1. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2512101-first-treaty-to-protect-the-high-seas-comes-into-force/

Restoring damaged soil in Kenya

1. https://planetwild.com/missions/20-regreening-kenya-bunds

EU and Mercosur sign historic agreement

1. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ac_26_163
2. https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/twenty-five-years-later-white-smoke-for-the-eu-mercosur-agreement/