Land news

U.S. judge rejects Dakota Access effort to avoid pipeline shutdown
U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma Native American reserve
insight
Sacred sites blast exposes Australia's laws skewed to mining
In Depth
Flight to the future:One land's quest to defuse climate 'timebomb'
Myanmar jade mine disaster fed by COVID-era desperation
Brazil bans fires in Amazon rainforest to meet investor demands
analysis
No excuse for failure to protect forests as fog clears on benefits
COVID-19 will push middle-income countries into hunger, Oxfam says
Ghanaian activists sue government to save forest from mine
Brazil's Bolsonaro vetoes COVID-19 support for indigenous people
Investing in nature-rich countries is 'insurance policy for all'
U.S. setbacks bodes ill for big oil, gas pipeline projects
Spain to lease public land royalty-free for social housing
Court orders Dakota pipeline shut in latest blow to fossil fuels
Australians protest for Black Lives Matter, indigenous people
Brazil court orders eviction of illegal gold miners from Yanomami
Brazil's indigenous seed collectors in demand for forest revival
Indigenous leaders angry about coronavirus risk from military
S. African man dragged from home sparks action against evictions
Brazil military hand out masks to protect isolated Amazon tribes
explainer
Renewable energy firms urged to clean up act on human rights
Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smart
As S.Africa eases lockdown, eco-tourism community faces hard times
40,000 people forcefully evicted in East Africa during coronavirus
Australia's first gay Indigenous Speaker pledges reform - and art
Indonesian province declares state of emergency over forest fires
Brazil military moves to protect indigenous people from COVID-19
COVID-19 fears grow for isolated indigenous people in Brazil
Amazon gold rush: illegal mining threatens Brazilian tribe
Colombia investigates reported rape of indigenous girl
Sumatran forest people adapt ancient health rules for pandemic
Canada confronts racism in police in wake of indigenous deaths
Investors demand to meet Brazil diplomats over deforestation
Deep sea mining could destroy undiscovered species: Ocean Panel
Fifteen killed in brutal attack on indigenous Mexican village
Peru indigenous leaders push quick Amazon protection vote
European investors threaten Brazil divestment over deforestation
Aboriginal group goes to court against Australian state
Facing Arizona surge, Navajos reimpose virus curfew
Kayapó chief dies from COVID-19 in Brazil, led Amazon dam protest
With climate change, conflict and COVID, stresses grow in Mali
Scientists warn forest fires could worsen coronavirus harm
For Chile indigenous youth, U.S. race protests echo land struggle
On Twitter, indigenous Guatemalans recount everyday racism
Bangkok on track for more green space with park on old train line
Taiwan Black Lives Matter protest gets indigenous twist
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Opinion

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Latin America’s Indigenous and Black women face a triple pandemic

Many Latin American countries recognize the property rights of indigenous and Afro-descendant people, but those laws do little to protect women’s access to land
Catherine-Lune Grayson ICRC

Facing the double burden of climate change and conflict

From Mali to Iraq, people in conflict zones are proving especially vulnerable to climate extremes
Karol Boudreaux Landesa

Why investing in women’s land rights helps overall gender equality

Supporting women’s ability to own, manage and control land will help accelerate gender equality globally
Amy Coughenour Betancourt Cadasta Foundation

Reimagining resilient food systems for food security post-COVID

Women's land rights are at the heart of a reimagined food system to withstand the ravages of disasters and pandemic

In Depth

Indigenous leaders fear Amazon soy port could be conduit for COVID-19
Under the cover of lockdown, illegal logging surges in Tunisia
Warming climate and Arctic gas push threaten Russia's reindeer herders
Lack of clean water leaves Brazil indigenous reserve exposed to coronavirus

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