A roundup of good news wins from beyond the US – conservation comebacks, health milestones and quiet progress from every corner of the map.

French Polynesia will fully protect 200,000 square miles of ocean, about twice the size of Arizona, in one of the largest marine reserves anywhere on Earth.

US wildlife officials finalized about 1.5 million acres of critical habitat in six states for the rusty patched bumble bee, the first US bee listed as endangered.