The world wasn't destroyed this year, 99 good things that happened in 2018 but you didn't know

In the past 12 months, world media have focused heavily on bad news. But there have been other, good things that have also happened: environmental successes, great victories in global health, more peace and tolerance, less war and violence, rising standards of living, more energy from nature, and a spark of war on plastic. A history of human progress, which has not been seen in the evening news, or in social media walls, writes Periscope.

1 Sinango's Cophanes, in Amazon Ecuador, won a court battle to protect the main waters of the Aguarico River, cancelping the concession for 52 mines and saving more than 32,000 acres [32,000 ha] of mountains

2 After China's ban on ivory in the past year, which 90 percent of Chinese supported, the demand for ivory dropped by almost half, and hunting as an activity is developing less and less in Kenya

3 The number of wild tigers in Nepal has almost doubled in the past nine years, thanks to the efforts of defenders who raised funds for protected areas

4 The deforestation in Indonesia has dropped by 60 percent as a result of a ban on the disappearance of the lowlands, new educational campaigns, and strengthening law enforcement

5 United Nations has said that the ozone hole will be completely restored to Arctic and northern hemisphere by 2030 and worldwide by 2060, writes Periscope

$6 billion (most ever for ocean protection) has been divided in Bali this year for the protection of 14 million square feet [14 million sq m] of world oceans

7 In California, the world's smallest fox has been removed from the list of endangered species, which is the fastest progress of any mammal under the Decree of the Threatened Species.

8 In 2018, after more than 10 years of debate, 140 nations have agreed to start historic negotiations “The Paris Agreement on Ocean”, the first international deal to stop overfishing and protect life in the upper oceans

9 Nigeria has planted 200 million new trees in three decades, the greatest positive transformation of the environment in African history

10 Spain has said it will create a marine reserve for wildlife, which will help migration whales and dolphins to the Mediterranean, and prevent all fossil explorations in that area

11 After steps “vision” from Belize, U n NESTO has removed the Belize reef, second largest in the world, from its World Heritage List

12 Colombia officially elected the Cosmic Village of Jaguar to 4.3 million hectares, making it the largest tropical park in the world.

13 Mexico has said that the number of wild jaguars, the most populated cat family race, has increased by 20 percent in the last eight years, and that 14 Latin American countries have signed an agreement to implement the regional protection program of large cats by 2030.

14 In the mountains of Central Africa, the mountain gorilla population, one of the world's most endangered species, has grown by 25 percent to 1,000 sosh

15 Canada has signed a defence agreement with the citizens of the First People, creating the largest northern mountain (double Belgium's space territory) in the world

16 Chile has adopted a new law to protect the waters around the coast, creating nine marine reserves and increasing the ocean area under state protection from 4.3 percent to 42.4 percent

17 African State Seychells has established a fleet of 130 thousand square miles in the Indian Ocean to protect the waters from illegal fishing

18 The New Caledonia has agreed to place 28 thousand miles of its oceans in defense, including some of its corals and reefs still intact

19 million doses of the new cholera vaccine have been prepared worldwide, and preparations for the largest vaccine in history have begun

20 France has discovered a deep drop in smokers, with a million less in the past year, as well as smoking among Americans has dropped to the lowest level since the Center for Disease Control and Protection started collecting data in 1965

21 Rwanda became the world's first low-income country to provide eye control for all its citizens, training 3,000 health technicians in 500 health clinics. For five years Rwanda has conducted 2.4 million eye controls, and over 1.2 million treatments have been offered

22 India has registered a 22 - percent drop in deaths during birth since 2013. This means that, in general, 30 mothers are being saved more every day, compared to the statistics of five years ago, writes Periscope.

23 Ghana has become the first country of sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate trachoma. In 2000, this infection threatened 2.8 million people (15% of the population) with blindness

24 The World Health Organization has found that the habit of alcohol consumption has declined in Europe, the continent with the highest rates of alcohol users in the world. The place where consumption has fallen the most? Britain

25 since 2010, global HIV infection/ AIDS has dropped by 16 percent among adults and 35 percent among children. Most states are on track to beat infections by 2030

26 In 2018, New York and Virginia became the first two US states to pass Laws on Mental Health Education in Schools

27 Malaysia became the first state in Western Pacific to reduce the transmission of HIV and Siphilis from mother to child

28 South Africa, where most people live with HIV, has been shocked with new data after a 44 - percent decline in new infections since 2012

29 After five years of success against worms in Kenya, worm - related diseases have dropped from 33.4 percent in 2012 to 3 percent

30 Russians are drinking at least less and consumed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Cigarette consumption has not dropped by 20 percent since 2009 and that of alcohol by 20 percent since 2012

31 Tanzania has found that in the last 10 years, it has reduced death from malaria by 50 percent in adults and 53 percent in children

32 WHO has officially certified Paraguay as a state that has completely defeated malaria, which makes it the first country on the American continent with this status since Cuban in 1973.

New studies show that in the past two decades, genetic damage to females has dropped by 57.7 percent to 14.1 percent in North America, from 73.6 percent to 25.4 percent in West Africa, and from 71.4 percent to 8 percent in East Africa

34 Costa Rica's Supreme Court has ruled that the ban on same-gender marriage has been unconstitutional and has given Government 18 months to change that law

The 35 highest court in India has rejected a one-year ban on gay marriage, calling the law <x0-miracial, unmovable and manifestion of arbitrary”

36 Morocco has adopted a law that criminalizes violence against women, and strongly condemns perpetrators of violence against women

37 Germany has published new data proving that over 300 thousand refugees have found jobs and that the Parlayment of MPs with refugee backgrounds has increased from 3 per cent to 9 per cent on both sides of the last elections.

38 New Zealand has become the second country in the world (after the Philippines) to adopt legislation guaranteeing domestic violence victims 10 days off on a pay basis

39 Scotland has become the world's first state to provide free sanitation to all students, and India's Finance Ministry has announced it will remove the 12 percent tax on sanitation.

40 Canada has become the second country in the world to legalize marijuana

41 A historic moment for human rights in the Middle East, a Lebanese court has issued a ruling saying that homosexuality is not a crime

42 The Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobacco has issued a country where the Caribbean Colonization Law on Prohibition of Homosexual Sex is unconstitutional

43 Tunisia has become the first Arab country in the world to pass a law that gives women rights, equally with men, in the right to inheritance, by breaking the old law stemming from Islamic Sheriat

Pakistan's 44 Parliament has adopted a law guaranteeing elementary rights for transgjian citizens, as well as preventing all discrimination forms from employers

45 Scotland has become the world's first country to include school curriculums and lessons on lesbians, homosexuals, bisexuals, transformers, and intersexuals

46 Nepal has become the 54th state in the world, and the first in South Asia, to adopt a law prohibiting physical punishment on children.

47 Quiet and quiet, mankind has passed an amazing threshold this year. For the time, since agricultural civilization that started 10,000 years ago, most people are no longer poor or endangered to fall into such status

48 A little perceptivist. The Economist” reported that the level of suicide in the world has dropped by 38 percent since 1994, saving four million lives, four times the number killed in a war at the same time

49 UNDP has published a report saying 271 million people in India are no longer poor since 2005, which is nearly half the poverty rate for a decade.

50 India has also continued the extension of the sewer network and improvement of sanitation conditions. More than 80 million toilets have been built since 2014, writes Periscope

51 International Energy Agency has said that in the past year, 120 million new people have gained access to electricity. This means that for the first time since electricity services began to be offered in 1882, fewer than one billion of the world's population live in darkness

52 A new report shows that the worldwide fertility rate (the average number of children a mother gives birth) has been halved since 1950. Half of the world's states are now below the proper level for population replacement

53 Bangladesh has found that it has reduced children's mortality by 78 percent since 1990, the largest reduction from any country in the world

54 Remember how world media reported water shortages in Cape Town in 2017? Surprisingly, no one reported this year how the city has overcome the crisis for only one year

China's 55 rate of respiratory mortality has dropped by 70 percent since 1990, thanks to increased incomes and better health services

56 percent of poor black people in the United States dropped from 41 percent in 1960 to 18 percent today

57 A new report showed democracy is more extended than ever before. Six out of ten world nations are now democratic, a new post-war record

58 A worldwide survey of young people produced results in showing that youths in all parts of the world are more optimistic than adults. Nine of the 10 young people in Kenya, Mexico, China, Nigeria, and India have said that they feel positive about the future

59 the world has already passed the production of 1,000 gigaves of electricity from solar and wind panels this year. Just 10 years ago, more than 8 gigaves of energy from natural resources could not be produced

60 solar and wind energy has continued progress. In the latter part of 2018, the cost of building solar panels fell from 14 percent to 6 percent. In many parts of the world, it is now cheaper to build natural energy panels than coal plants

61 “Allianz”, the world's largest asset insurance company, decided that it would end up providing companies dealing with coal mining

62 The company “Repsol” became the first in the world to decide to stop looking for gas and oil

63 California discovered the most ambitious environmental target of all time, determined to achieve the position of the world's fifth carbon economy by 2045

64 China, the world's largest energy consumer, has revised its limits to renewable energy, pledging that by 2030 its energy will be 30 percent renewable

65 Chile has announced that it has quadrupled renewable energy capacities since 2013, which has resulted in a 75 per cent drop in electricity costs, writes Periscope.

66 United States has set a new record for closing coal mines this year, closing 22 jobs in 14 countries

67 11 European nations have announced that they have closed coal workshops or have announced they will do it on a specific date, including France until 2023, Italy and Britain until 2020 and Denmark and the Netherlands until 2030.

68 Some of the most sovereign foundations, worth up to $3 trillion, as well as “Black Rock”, the largest in the world, with an asset value of 5.1 trillion, have said they would no longer invest in companies that, with their activity, damage the environment.

69 India has increased the target of producing ax's energy by 28 percent. Planing to add another 150 gigaves of energy produced by solar panels and wind in the next four years

70 Ireland has become the first country to ban coal migrated or gas research, following the adoption of a law that was supported by all MPs in the Lower Room

71 Spain has pledged to close most of the mines by the end of the year, following government reconciliation to bring miners early to retirement

72 Peace Research magazine has said that global deaths because of conflicts have declined for the third year, and there have already been 32 percent fewer victims since 2014.

73 After a decade of effort, Herati, the most dangerous Afghan province of landmines, has been declared cleared of explosives. Now, close to 80 percent of the country is cleared of mines

74 After the ISIS collapse, civilian deaths in Iraq have dropped dramatically. 80 percent less Iraqis were killed in the first five months of 2018 compared to a year ago

75 Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a peace pact signal signalling the end of the 20-year war, thus enabling thousands of families to reunite.

76 Malaysia has abandoned the practice of the death penalty for all crimes and has suspended all executions in the process, a decision that has been seen as winning human rights groups in Asia

77 Honduras, had the highest murder rate in the world in 2012. Murders have been sitting in half since then, more than any country in the world

78 Crime and murder rates have dropped to 30 largest cities in the United States, at 7.6 percent less than in 2017

79 crime has also fallen in countries with many refugees. The number of reported crimes in Germany has dropped by 10 percent to the lowest point in the last 30 years

80 worries about your children? Crime from young people in Australia has dropped rapidly in the last 20 years. Auto theft has dropped by 59 percent, plundering property for 59 percent, and driving drunk for 49 percent

81 Still worried about kids? In contrast with previous generations, the arrest of teenagers has dropped by 80 percent, the 85 percent murder arrests for 75 percent, imprisonment for 88 percent, child pregnancy by 75 percent, dropout has been halved, and continued college attendance has increased by 45 percent

82 According to the Department of Justice's new data, the scale of people entering US prison has fallen to the lowest level in the last 20 years

83 According to a new report, thanks to the change in taste of those born after 1980, 70 percent of the world's population is already reducing the consumption of meat, or completely removing it from the dining table

84 Germany has announced the most ambitious plan in history. The government plans to recycle 63 per cent of waste in the next four years, 36% more than it does now

The Malaysia government has announced that it will no longer tolerate expansion of palm oil plantations and that it plans to protect forests 50 percent more than in the past

86 Denmark became the last state in the world to announce the ban on internal combustion engines. Now there are 16 countries that will stop these engines by 2040, including China and India, the two countries with the world's largest car market.

87th In 20018, the world exceeded the production of 4 million electric cars. In China's largest car market, electric automobiles reached 5% of total sales

88 Adidas perht to sell 5 million pairs of ocean plastic sneakers this year, and has pledged to use only recycled plastic in its products since 2024

89 Carr years ago China had declared war on pollution. It's working. Cities have generally reduced the concentration of tiny particles in the air by 32 percent

90 thanks to austerity measures, the United Kingdom has provided 12 percent decline in car production since 2012, which means there are fewer sources of air pollution

91 250 of the world's best-known insides, including Coca Colaún, Kellogs '%s and Nestle, have agreed that 100 percent of their plastic packages will be reused, recycled, or compensated by 2025

92 The European Parliament has approved the full ban on the only once use of plastic. Decision to begin implementation by 2021

93 With the end of 2018, at least 32 countries around the world will have bans on the use of plastic bags, and half of these countries are in Africa

94 China has said it has redocaudated the use of plastic bags for 66 percent since 2008. According to reports, the use of around 40 million plastic bags has been averted

95 India's most populated state, Maharastra, home to 116 million inhabitants, has banned all once-in-a-art plastics. Decision made in June of this year

96 Minister of Inid Environment has announced that his country will eliminate the total use of clean plastic by 2022

97 five years after the law was passed, the United Kingdom has said it has used 9 milliaries less plastic bags, and that the number of bags found in the waters has dropped greatly.

98 By preventing the use of plastic bags, Australia has reduced its use by 80 percent in three months

99 After the adoption of a plastic bag ban law, Kenya has reported that its waters are already cleaner and that the food chain is less contaminated

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100 already there is a 600m-long tube in Pacific that uses ocean forces to clear the waters of plastic, and its progress can be seen online. THESE. The team believes they can clean up half of Pacific in the next seven years. /Periscopi/

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