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How Indian state's three-capital plan could spur equal growth
MGM Resorts sued over vast data breach
Moscow deploys facial recognition for coronavirus quarantine
In Depth
Urban humans: Cities go up, down and high-tech to combat threats
Fears of farmers, herders in Somaliland as a plague looms Nita Bhalli
Looser rules on Indonesia timber exports spark forest fears Michael Taylor
Nestle to plant 3 million trees in Mexico, Brazil to offset carbon Reuters
Rainforest role as climate protector shrinks on hotter planet Michael Taylor
Canada and indigenous group reach tentative deal Reuters
Apache tribe marches to protect sacred Arizona site from mine Reuters
Indigenous leader killed in Costa Rica, second in a year Reuters
PepsiCo adopts stricter, greener rules for palm oil in products Michael Taylor
Quake in Turkey-Iran border region kills 9, injures more than 100 Reuters
New Mexico AG sues Google for collecting school kids' data Reuters
Netanyahu announces plans for 3,000 new settler homes Reuters
'Feels like prison': Palestinian family cut off by Israeli barrier Reuters
analysis
Money trees: U.S. cities find new ways of valuing urban forests Carey L. Biron
Google plans to move UK users' accounts outside EU jurisdiction Reuters
Irish regulator readies draft decisions in big tech privacy probes Reuters
California to make state buildings available to house homeless Reuters
Austrian privacy activist Schrems files complaint against Amazon Reuters
EU bets on industrial data, new rules to catch up in global tech Reuters
How to survive a Siberian winter with no home Reuters
Sierra Leone gangster leaves streets for life of poetry Reuters
Bolsonaro offers credit for indigenous farmers, pushes mining bill Reuters
How cat videos could cause a 'climate change nightmare' Umberto Bacchi
Can ethical businesses help to clear Asia's polluted air? Rina Chandran
Shades of Detroit? Germany's auto heartlands in peril Reuters
India's use of facial recognition tech during protests causes stir Reuters
Burning tyres and sore feet: Lagos bristles under bike ban Reuters
analysis
Unequal cities bear the brunt of deadly disease outbreaks Rina Chandran
Filipina patrols help keep drug killings at bay Reuters
Tesla ordered to stop cutting down trees for Gigafactory Reuters
Europe can win global battle for industrial data, says EU industry Reuters
Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper-Zuckerberg Reuters
Turkey to re-open northern Cyprus ghost town after 46 years Reuters
analysis
Climate change opens up 'frontier' farmland, but at what cost? Thin Lei Win
Thai villagers turn to court in protest over Mekong dam Reuters
St. Valentine's Italian birthplace seeks U.S. suitors Umberto Bacchi
Indian police use facial recognition to identify missing children Anuradha Nagaraj
Chinese property firms bank on virtual reality as virus fears hit Reuters
insight
Portuguese communities lock horns with lithium miners over land Reuters
European police chiefs urge tech firms to do more on child abuse Reuters
Brazil lawmakers urge Congress to shelve indigenous mining bill Reuters
Shelterless Syrians burn refuse for warmth in bitter Idlib winter Reuters
Beijing outlines plans to improve air quality more in 2020 Reuters
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About our Property Rights coverage

We put the spotlight on how land and property rights can empower communities worldwide.

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

analysis
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?
analysis
ANALYSIS-Unequal cities bear the brunt of deadly disease outbreaks
analysis
Climate change opens up 'frontier' farmland, but at what cost to the planet?

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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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New Mexico AG sues Google for collecting school kids' personal data
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