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Ukraine war: Can Russia use crypto to avoid sanctions?
From bitcoin mining to cyber crime, Russia is eyeing cryptocurrencies to ease the impact of western sanctions – but how would that work?…
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Russian invasion: Five ways tech is being used to help Ukraine
From Pussy Riot auctioning NFTs to Elon Musk moving SpaceX's Starlink satellites,…
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‘Useless for us’: New Indonesian capital excludes indigenous, poor
New capital city will uproot thousands of indigenous people, and offers little…
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OPINION: Give land rights to youth to boost rural economies
Helping young people access land allows them to participate in rural economies…
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U.S. diversity push for lawyers, agents to tackle housing crisis
Amid an affordability crisis and with the homeownership gap between white and…
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‘Stripped away’: Growing push on land justice for Black Americans
'Surging' public discussions on reparations to atone for the effects of slavery…
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OPINION: Memo to COP26: To save our forests, recognize local and indigenous land rights now
Many forest projects fail because they neglect to include and pay the…
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Slowdowns and shutdowns: Africans challenge internet restrictions
Telecommunications were interrupted in Sudan this week after the army seized power…
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Africa’s farmers click with digital tools to boost crops
From renting tractors to monitoring crops by satellite, a slew of agri-tech…
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New World Heritage Site forest imperils Thai indigenous people
Indigenous people in Kaeng Krachan national park fear further evictions and impacts…
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Mozambican slave descendants fight for snatched S. African land
The Makua are one of many African communities still battling the after…
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OPINION: The Food Systems Summit must shore up land rights for small farmers for global food security
Land rights must be central to the Summit’s solutions if we truly…
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‘No other work’: Indian villagers cling to coal despite damaged farms and homes
As India transitions to green energy, there are calls to create alternative…
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OPINION: India’s tribal women left behind in progress toward gender equality
A discriminatory land governance system coupled with gendered social norms result in…
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Afghan women’s hard-won land rights seen at risk under Taliban
The militant group imposed a strict Islamic law that largely denied women’s…
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Fish and livelihoods poisoned by South African chemical spill
A warehouse storing chemicals was set ablaze during recent looting, poisoning a…
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Indigenous land dispute dogs Amazon’s Africa expansion
The near $300 million development, housing Amazon's new African HQ, is set…
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Indigenous groups urge Biden to protect sacred sites
Organizers of the cross-country Red Road to DC project are calling for…
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OPINION: Land rights for small producers: a critical solution to the world’s food systems
What it will take to build a food system that is not…
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U.S. ‘loophole’ can push organic farmers to destroy wildland
Farmers and advocacy groups are pinning their hopes on the Biden administration…
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‘Please show mercy’: Evicted by Cambodia, ethnic Vietnamese stuck at watery border
Fear mounts for the stateless Vietnamese fishing community in Cambodia as COVID-19…
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Dry spell leaves Kenyan islanders thirsty for clean water
Island residents in Lamu county rely on the government for potable water,…
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Mass demolitions, evictions as Nigeria continues housing push
Lagos state razed more than 400 informal homes in a coastal neighbourhood…
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Brazilian fishing communities fight to stay in protected forest
Families living in Jureia, near the coast, say the government is denying…
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The race to preserve African-American cemeteries
Missing deeds and weak laws means Black and Native American burial sites…
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Cambodians brave COVID-19 impact with small plots of land
Pandemic changes fortunes for some Cambodians forced to swap city labour for…
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‘We have history’: Saving Kenya’s last sacred forests
The Mijikenda people protect the forests along Kenya's coast, but pollution from…
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In the U.S. South, a forestry project helps Black families keep their land
Southern program aims to turn around a century-long trend that saw African…
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Uganda drive to certify customary land runs into culture clash
Giving titles to landholders is meant to bring security and economic benefits…
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As COVID-hit Brits escape to the country, minorities face rural racism
Though interest in the British countryside has surged during the pandemic, why…
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Native American groups fight ‘erasure’ after Instagram posts disappear
Blamed on a technical glitch, posts about missing and murdered indigenous people…
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Major donors urge Ghana to respect LGBT+ rights amid crackdown
Earlier this year, the nation’s first LGBT+ community centre was raided and…
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Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian posts
As Palestinians took to social media to protest pending evictions, some found…
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