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Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Falls To A 9 Year LowPositive progess but we're not out of the woods yet.10nature & animalsMongabayhttps://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/amazon-deforestation-in-brazil-plunges-31-to-lowest-level-in-9-years/1
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Deaths from Breast Cancer Continue to Decline, Saving 518,000 lives over 35 years15,000 a year!The American Cancer Society (ACS) finds breast cancer mortality rates overall have dropped by 44% since 1989, averting approximately 517,900 breast cancer deaths.15healthCancer.orghttps://pressroom.cancer.org/breastcancerfactsandfigures202419
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5th person cured of HIVAnd a new HIV prevention drug has 100% efficiacy!A twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug, lenacapavir, gives young women total protection from HIV infection.7healthABChttps://abcnews.go.com/Health/5th-person-confirmed-cured-hiv/story?id=973233613
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Global Bumblebee population increases 47%Beekeeping and apiculture have increased significantly worldwide. The FAO estimate there to be be around 101.6 million bee colonies. Compared to 1990, this corresponded to an increase of 47%.7nature & animalsDestatishttps://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Countries-Regions/International-Statistics/Data-Topic/AgricultureForestryFisheries/Bees.html4
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The bulk of global whale populations are now increasingVirtually all species - humpback, blue & minke - are all now increasing.

(The main exception is the North Atlantic right whale, which has suffered badly from vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear)		7nature & animalshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/25/whales-are-doing-well-so-its-time-to-scrap-the-body-that-once-protected-them-says-former-head15
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Number of Fish on US Overfishing List Reaches All-Time Low94% of fish stocks in US waters are no longer subject to overfishing6nature & animalsAPhttps://apnews.com/article/overfishing-seafood-sustainability-fish-08079b5c68f9a8a418e85944d17c9bc216
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Violent crime down and murder rate is plunging in USA
FBI stats contradict popular perception & political statements to the contrary
Drops of 15-26% across all violent crimes (murders, assaults, rapes) and property crimes (burglary, car theft) and in every state.5quality of lifeFBIhttps://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-releases-2024-quarterly-crime-report-and-use-of-force-data-update6
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7 countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewablesAlbania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of their electricity using geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.5eco & climateIndependenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/tech/renewable-energy-solar-nepal-bhutan-iceland-b2533699.html8
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The 'Great Pacific Plastic Garbage Patch' Could Be Eliminated in 5 YearsTwice the size of Texas, the 79,000 metric tons of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii is growing at an exponential pace. But a new aggressive $4bn approach could eliminate the patch in just 5 years.
5eco & climateLA Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-06/great-pacific-garbage-patch-can-be-eliminated-in-10-years-cleanup-organization-says18
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Some EU countries are already reaching their 2030 sustainable energy targetsSweden, Denmark, Estonia and Austria.The greatest progress in period 2010–2021 has been achieved by Malta, and significant for Cyprus, Latvia, Belgium, Ireland, and Poland4eco & climatePlosOnehttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.029785612
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Taiwan bans performances by captive wild animals
Joins Canada, Brazil, Boliva, Norway, UK, Greece & Boliva & others.
Ban includes dolphins, tigers, and other non-domesticated mammals,3nature & animalsTaiwan Newshttps://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/59248465
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Norway’s Forests Have Tripled in Size in a Hundred yearsThe country now has one billion cubic meters of forest. Grown 10% in last 10 years.3nature & animalsForskninghttps://www.forskning.no/natur-skog-skogbruk/skogen-var-har-mer-enn-tredoblet-seg-pa-hundre-ar/24019947
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Zero cases of cervical cancer in women vaccinated against HPV as girlsA most effective vaccine. Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.3healthStatNewshttps://www.statnews.com/2024/01/25/hpv-vaccine-prevent-cervical-cancer-cervarix-gardasil-study/10
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AI is decoding the language of sperm whalesAfter 20 years – and thousands of hours of observation – researchers have discovered intricacies in whale vocalisations never before observed, revealing structures within sperm whale communication akin to human language.3wowBBChttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240709-the-sperm-whale-phonetic-alphabet-revealed-by-ai14
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Europe attains the milestone of 1 MILLION public electric car chargersFrance added the most. Netherlands already has the most. Electric vehicles are now
18% of new car sales worldwide. 36% in china!		1eco & climateBloomberghttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/janrosenow_europe-is-projected-to-achieve-the-milestone-activity-7264535937999593473-i2hu/2
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This year Greece, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Thailand all legalize same-sex marriage. Joining 32 other nations.Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, USA, & Uruguay.1quality of lifeBBChttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-683101269
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Life expectancy has increased 6.2 years since 1990 as the world tackles major killers like diarrhea, heart disease & stroke1healthIMHEhttps://www.healthdata.org/news-events/newsroom/news-releases/life-expectancy-increased-world-addressed-major-killers11
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Global Food Production Reaching Record HighsCorn, soybean, rice and wheat in particular.1quality of lifeUSDAhttps://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/global-food-outlook-202413
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New Dog Cancer Vaccine Increases Survival Rates Canine cancer vaccine almost doubles the 12-month survival rate for dogs with some types of cancer, especially colorectal or breast cancers.1nature & animalsNew Atlashttps://newatlas.com/medical/cancer-vaccine-dogs-doubles-survival-rates-clinical-trial/17
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