Fisheries Governance: The Philippines Supreme Court upheld a ruling striking down a 2020 rule that required commercial fishing vessels to use electronic monitoring, saying the Vessel Monitoring System went beyond what was reasonably necessary to curb illegal fishing and violated constitutional protections. Crop Health: Almond growers face a shifting disease picture, with research pointing to Phytophthora as a major driver after flooding, while other trunk and canker diseases resurge—meaning “one-size” irrigation advice can backfire. Water & Food Security: In British Columbia, chinook salmon are returning to spawn with cloudy or missing eyes after river conditions worsened during drought and heat, as officials rescinded and reissued irrigation limits amid competing water demands. Sustainable Energy for Rural Areas: Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula is scaling community solar—aiming for 100 small systems by end-2026, including installs tied to a Mayan women’s cooperative and an agroecological school. Nature & Land Use: India’s Rajasthan High Court set a temporary 1-km regulatory threshold around Jawai leopard habitat, allowing some essential village activities with permissions while restricting new construction pending mapping and ecological assessments. Agri-Value Chains for Smallholders: Malaysia’s plantation minister stressed that smallholder support must move alongside stronger value chains, citing oil palm replanting benefits reaching thousands of smallholders.