Land news

Retailers urge Brazil to scrap bill seen boosting deforestation
India's first 3D-printed home offers affordable housing 'solution'
Crypto power: Can solar boost cheap, green homes in South Africa?
In Depth
Land to lose: coronavirus compounds debt crisis in Cambodia
In Depth
Flight to the future:One land's quest to defuse climate 'timebomb'
Brazil court suspends probe into Indigenous leader
Brazilian indigenous leaders subpoenaed for criticizing government
Myanmar protesters raise voices to 'shake the world'
Win for Nepal indigenous groups as gaps in power project addressed
Protecting nature can lower risk of armed conflict, says IUCN
U.S. and Mexico to discuss anti-poverty tree-planting proposal
Brazil cuts environment spending one day after U.S. climate summit
Pope chats with homeless getting free COVID-19 vaccines at Vatican
Giant U.S. landlords pursue evictions despite CDC ban
Indonesia looser palm plantation rules renew conflict between jobs
In Australia's Byron Bay, Netflix reality TV show sparks backlash
interview
Panama boosts action to protect forests, drought-hit canal
Brazil's promises to slash forest losses 'empty', researchers say
analysis
Can a treaty stop Latin American activists being killed?
Indian farmers to carry on protest despite coronavirus concerns
Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray
With phones and seeds, jobless Kenyans tackle illegal logging
Neighborhoods united: Highway removal gains steam in U.S. cities
Pacific island devotees of Prince Philip send their condolences
Australians protest Aboriginal deaths in custody
Does smoking cannabis fuel the climate crisis?
Canada to raise safety along notorious "Highway of Tears"
Trust and coast eroded, Indian fishing hamlet boycotts polls
Myanmar troops open fire as activists defy internet blockade
Greenland holds election closely watched by global mining industry
'Imminent' reservoir wall collapse threatens to pollute Tampa Bay
Brazil seeks $1 bln in foreign aid to curb Amazon deforestation
Indonesia's tourism mega-project 'tramples' on human rights: U.N.
Pakistan sends in armed force to stop logging in northern forests
India's digital IDs for land could exclude poor, indigenous groups
Indonesia's map project ignores indigenous land, risks conflicts
'Virtual rangers' help South African reserve beat poachers
Land dispute drives new exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray
in depth
Coal-powered plan for South Africa's Limpopo sparks outcry
Support 'best guardians' of forests to fight climate crisis: U.N.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rebuild huts after deadly fire
Tribe protest against eviction from Indian tiger reserve
India's next generation of tea pickers want land, not jobs
Women-only village inspires land equality in rural Kenya
India Gujarat state's land grabbing law hurting women, poor
Oscar nominee 'Nomadland' spotlights Amazon's RV workforce
Why some US Black neighborhoods face higher flood risk
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If leaders are serious about tackling climate change, they must invest in the best guardians of ecosystems: indigenous people
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A tragic outcome for the world's forests is not inevitable

The data on forest loss is still grim but we know what causes deforestation - and the policy tools and market mechanisms that can stop it
Joseph Feyertag Overseas Development Institute

Weighing up the risks of a 2021 ‘land rush” in Africa

A 2021 African land rush seems unlikely, but issues persist

In Depth

Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray; women blame soldiers
Pakistan sends in armed force to stop logging in northern forests
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From gene sequencing to chocolate, Brazil's Amazon looks for a new development model
analysis
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