{
  "id": 16086726,
  "title": "Australia restores 200,000 plants to wetlands cleared for cancelled highway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/australia-restores-200-000-plants-to-wetlands-cleared-for-cancelled",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/nature/in-2017-bulldozers-cleared-western-australian-wetlands-for-a-highway-that-was-cancelled-nine-years-later-restoration-has-returned-over-200000-plants-and-recorded-97-animal-species-across-18-hectares/articleshow/135081245.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Almost ten years post the controversial Roe 8 highway initiative, Western Australia is witnessing a promising wave of ecological recovery. Recent studies have reported a remarkable resurgence of local wildlife and native plant life. Rehabilitation efforts, which have culminated in planting over 280,000 seedlings, are welcoming back species such as Carnaby’s black cockatoos.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}