Property Rights news

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How can world leaders make COP26 deforestation pledge a success?
analysis
UN tonic for forest carbon market omits corporate trading pains
To dye for: Indonesia's mangroves in fashion with women weavers
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Urban humans: Cities go up, down and high-tech to combat threats
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Borneo island's Sabah state spearheads green palm oil revolution
Malaysia's Sabah aims to be world's first green palm oil state
Indonesia aims to get mangrove restoration back on track in 2022
Biden administration unveils plan to combat worsening US wildfires
Climate fund to help indigenous people protect forests
Costa Rica hydro plant gets new lease on life from crypto mining
Forget net-zero: meet the small-nation, carbon-negative club
Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
Gabon gambles on sustainable logging to prevent deforestation
Banks still funding deforestation-linked firms, risk climate goals
Wildfires, logging turn protected forests into carbon emitters
No end in sight for deforestation as funding falls short
World's largest miners pledge net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Indonesia won't approve new palm oil permits after moratorium ends
California governor signs $15 bln package to tackle climate change
Conservation body calls for global moratorium on deep-sea mining
To help climate, Indonesia electric vehicle push needs green power
N.Korea's Kim calls for preventing natural disasters
Residents scramble to evacuate as California fire nears Lake Tahoe
India says to exceed emission cut targets, more cuts need funding
Tears and anger as Greek island residents face wildfire aftermath
Greek pine honey threatened as wildfires destroy hives and forests
Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever
Indian mining state shifts from coal to forest fruits and flowers
Thousands flee in Greece as wildfires sweep through Mediterranean
Turkey's wildfires hit hopes for tourism rebound
New warning system to sound alarm on rainforest 'tipping points'
Romania supports EU forest plan, says more talks needed
EU drafts plan to grow 'carbon sinks' in climate change fight
EU biofuels goals behind deforested area as big as the Netherlands
Malaysia's FGV to pick auditor to assess forced labour accusation
Biden moves to reverse Trump opening of Alaska forest to logging
Chanel invests $25 million in new climate adaptation fund
Child labour rises globally for the first time in decades
Canada province grants indigenous request to defer logging
Indigenous people urge Harvard to scrap solar geoengineering plan
Biden's electric vehicle plan includes battery recycling push
Restore land the size of China to hit climate and nature goals: UN
Canada probes forced labour claims in Malaysian industries
Greek environmentalists fear windfarm scars on mountain forests
U.S. freeways flattened Black neighborhoods nationwide
Forest rangers struggle to prevent poaching amid lockdowns
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Opinion

Chris Gardner

Britain's cities of the future should be rooted in the past

What needs to change, and urgently, is this widely held belief that new homes means new builds
Arlindo Macuva

More land rights mean fewer fires in Mozambique

Land titles ease conflicts with neighbours - and can cut down on problems including runaway fires
Maimunah Mohd Sharif and Andrew ... International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

City leaders need to rise to the climate change challenge

As national governments struggle to agree on climate action, city leaders need to show they can rise to the challenge
Sheela Patel and Manish Bapna Global Commission on Adaptation

Leaders must prioritize climate resilience of vulnerable residents

More than 880 million people worldwide now live in informal settlements, which often lack even basic services like electricity and clean water

In Depth

Malaysia's Sabah aims to win big as world's first green palm oil state
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Central African states seek to make forests work for people and planet
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Money trees: U.S. cities find new ways of valuing urban forests
Can ethical businesses bring a breath of fresh air to Asia's polluted cities?

Videos & Pictures

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The remote Alaskan village divided over oil drilling
Sea Of Plenty?
Artist revives Lebanon's abandoned historic buildings
The sand, the saxaul and the ghost sea
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Fracking on my doorstep

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