Pelecanus

Biodiversity
Two wild Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan after 200 years
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/two-wild-przewalskis-horse-foals-born-in-kazakhstan-after-200-years/

Drawdown
Google agrees biggest carbon-removal deal yet, aims to scale new model
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/google-agrees-biggest-carbon-removal-deal-yet-aims-to-scale-new-model
Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/23/germany-commits-for-first-time-to-phasing-out-fossil-fuels-by-2045

Rights of Nature
Waccamaw Tribe becomes first SC government body to recognize the ‘Rights of Nature’
https://www.postandcourier.com/rising-waters/waccamaw-tribe-rights-nature-south-carolina/article_dc2287c7-2ca3-4a5d-a696-e87c8458cac2.html

Protections
Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO's World Heritage List
https://apnews.com/article/unesco-world-heritage-okefenokee-tidal-flats-3a531f2704d4806b3013c22c23247246

Rewilding
15 super-rare pygmy hogs released into Indian grasslands
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/pygmy-hog-release-kuribeel-india
Endangered red wolves rebound in NC with four litters of pups born this year
https://ncnewsline.com/2026/07/15/endangered-red-wolves-rebound-in-nc-with-four-litters-of-pups-born-this-year/
'Fifty years of work': Hawaiian stilt brought back from the brink
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/fifty-years-of-work-hawaiian-stilt-brought-back-from-the-brink/

Drawdown
California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-07-31/california-produced-over-half-its-may-electricity-from-solar-world-record
Rewilding
After Almost a Century, Wolves Return to Peloponnese, Greece
https://greekreporter.com/2026/07/30/wolves-return-peloponnese-greece/
Water
After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sahel-groundwater-climate-monsoon

Biodiveristy
New species named after Cape Verde keeper Vozinha
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cn8kdxgxlkeo
Guatemalan zoo breeds rare lizards in bid to save endangered species
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/guatemalan-zoo-breeds-rare-lizards-bid-save-endangered-species-2026-07-08/
Critically Endangered White-Rumped Vulture Returns to Cambodia Refuge After Years of Effort
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/critically-endangered-white-rumped-vulture-returns-to-cambodia-refuge-after-years-of-effort/
Numbat conservation efforts pull native species from brink of extinction
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-12/numbats-pulled-from-immediate-extinction-risk/106903786

Drawdown
California solar surged ahead of gas in the first 5 months of 2026
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/california-solar-surged-ahead-gas-073000508.html

Biodiversity
Scientists Capture First-Ever Images of Cozumel Dwarf Fox
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-first-ever-photographs-of-cozumels-elusive-dwarf-fox-one-of-the-rarest-canids-in-the-world-180988961/
US to create genomic and cellular 'BioVault' for endangered species
https://www.ksl.com/article/51545832/us-to-create-genomic-and-cellular-biovault-for-endangered-specie