Land news

Mining giants accused of trying to reduce disaster victim payouts
interview
Amazon indigenous leader wins Robert Kennedy rights award
Climate change seen endangering lives of Canada's First Nations
In Depth
Flight to the future:One land's quest to defuse climate 'timebomb'
analysis
EU net-zero aim 'in tatters' as lawmakers fail to shift farm rules
Amazon indigenous leader wins Robert Kennedy rights award
interview
Weather disasters opening U.S. eyes to climate threats - Al Gore
Bangkok revives canals to fix traffic snarls
Europe's dying villages woo immigrants to survive
In a thirsty world, information gaps dog a push to tap groundwater
One woman's fight to save Nairobi’s playgrounds and public spaces
Native Americans fear votes in remote areas may go uncounted
Rio Tinto probed for destroying 46,000-year-old Aboriginal cave
insight
Virus fears as Mozambique conflict fuels crowding, hunger
Next pandemic? Amazon deforestation may spark new diseases
Japanese theme park becomes a new office for teleworkers
Look beyond forests for cost-effective nature restoration: study
Pandemic spurs illegal gold rush in Zimbabwe mountains
South Africa lays out conditions to seize land
India's Modi launches property card scheme to aid rural households
Indigenous Amazon activist fights to save forest and tribe
Mining in Amazon speeds up deforestation in indigenous lands
Thai farmers brave bullets, prison for community land titles
Brazil VP says mining indigenous lands legal, but needs regulation
Best kept secret? Google move shows mapping risks
Food firms urge UK to adopt tougher rules to protect forests
Refugees in their own country as wildfire destroys California town
Big investors fall short on policies to halt Amazon deforestation
Families left in limbo as Uganda oil project earmarks land
'Dramatic' global rise in laws defending rights of nature
'It burned everything': Fires surge on Brazil indigenous land
Amazon losses help drive growing wildfires elsewhere in Brazil
In U.S. cities, boom in pet cemeteries fuels land debate
Thai villagers 'reclaim' land after 26-year fight over mine
Thai villagers save ancestral forest
analysis
Can global brands avoid 'greenwash' with new forest-saving plan?
Aboriginal artist Namatjira wins prestigious prize in Australia
In Zimbabwe, app matches farmers with vacant land
Global goals: Is there still time to save the world?
With VR, refugees rebuild connection to homelands
video trustdocs
Inside the war against illegal gold mining in Peru's Amazon
Australia asks Google to block users 'walking' sacred site
Indonesia starts developing controversial food estate project
Aiming to be carbon-neutral? Don't rely on planting trees
Top companies urge action on nature loss ahead of UN talks
Surge in forest loss seen if Brazil reserves opened to mining
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Opinion

Ibrahim Thiaw United Nations

Restoring land can give Africa a greener future

Africa needs to not follow the climate-damaging model of the West, and cutting land degradation can help
Brian O’Donnell Campaign for Nature

Without indigenous peoples, we can't stop nature's destruction

A proposed global goal to conserve 30% of land and seas by 2030 must take into account the rights and contributions of indigenous communities
In Channy and Kea Borann Cambodia Microfinance Association

Microfinance in Cambodia has lifted millions out of poverty

The Cambodian credit industry has been in the spotlight amid the pandemic but much of the criticism is misguided
Shipra Deo Landesa

The name game: How women get erased in rural India

In rural India women’s names are often used to maintain the stronghold of patriarchy

In Depth

Next pandemic? Amazon deforestation may spark new diseases
Amazon losses help drive growing wildfires elsewhere in Brazil
'Nobody has done anything': Amazon indigenous group decries illegal mining
analysis
Indigenous land intrusions help drive higher virus death toll in the Amazon

Videos & Pictures

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Somaliland: One land's quest to defuse a climate 'timebomb'
Guardians of the Forest
Uprooted: the long way home
The New Lairds - Scotland's Land Reformers
Sea Of Plenty?

Editor's Picks

analysis
EU net-zero aim 'in tatters' as lawmakers fail to shift farm rules, critics charge
interview
Weather disasters opening U.S. eyes to climate threats - Al Gore
In a thirsty world, information gaps dog a push to tap groundwater
Aiming to be carbon-neutral? Don't rely on planting trees, scientists say