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Urbanisation, commercial farms threaten Asia's forests: UN
YouTuber buys U.S. town and renames it Gay Hell
analysis
Rise of delivery drones has cities asking who owns airspace
Spotlight
Water scarcity and conflict
Google invests $1 bln to ease housing shortage near headquarters Reuters
London named Europe's top 'tech for good' hotspot Sarah Shearman
Bogota's solar-powered gondola gives slum dwellers a lift Anastasia Moloney
Canada set to approve hotly-debated pipeline expansion Reuters
Armed gang kills at least 34 in northwest Nigeria: police Reuters
Beyond shelter in a storm, Odisha eyes sturdier homes and power Manipadma Jena
With rents spiraling, Merkel tells landlords: Serve the public Reuters
Tech tool aims to predict water conflicts before they happen Sonia Elks
Indian cities urged to develop heat action plans Rina Chandran
expert-views
Grief and safety fears: UK reflects 2 years after Grenfell blaze Adela Suliman
Cargill says food industry will miss zero deforestation goal Reuters
interview
No secret safe in age of AI, says French digital envoy Layli Foroudi
EU campaigns to raise data privacy rights awareness as survey show Reuters
interview
'Too many' maps slow return of Indonesia's indigenous land Rina Chandran
The race to revive Spain's dying 'ghost villages' Sophie Davies
Drastic shift in city lifestyles urged to avert climate crisis Megan Rowling
Nuclear wasteland selfies draw ire as tourists flock to Chernobyl Umberto Bacchi
interview
Nobel Prize winner warns wildfires threaten Iraqi mass graves Emma Batha
Cambodian farmers in landmark lawsuit against Thai sugar firm Rina Chandran
Scores of LGBT+ refugees in Kenya slum face attacks, eviction Nita Bhalla
Presidential panel submits report on South African land reform Reuters
Armed with maps and music, Nigeria's slum dwellers fight evictions Linus Unah
Top food firms spot supply-chain risks to forests in real time Michael Taylor
Soccer-La Liga fined by Spain's data protection agency Reuters
ALTCOINS-"Privacy coin" Monero offers near total ... Reuters
Packing a projector: U.S. activists stage light invasion Carey L. Biron
'We want water' say residents as Abidjan grows drier Peter Yeung
Activists urge banks not to finance Ugandan oil pipeline Reuters
video-trustdocs
Is our love of avocados drying Chile's water supplies? Nicola Milne and Timothy Moss
Thai villagers face greater threat under new national parks law Rina Chandran
Thirsty Singapore taps into innovation to secure its water future Michael Taylor
More city dwellers connect with their food via street markets Sonia Elks
Robot bricklayers to 3D printing - how tech can transform housing Carey L. Biron
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Opinion

Robert Nasi CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research)

Rights are at the root of fighting climate change

Insecure land tenure can be a recipe for deforestation and forest degradation
Mette Wilkie United Nations Environment Programme

Greening the world’s drylands isn’t only possible, it’s imperative

Decreasing land productivity undermines efforts to end hunger, it also makes societies vulnerable to instability
Ibrahim Thiaw and Achim Steiner United Nations

'Tele-coupling' and why your choice matters for the planet

The new freedom of consumer choice is destroying both the Earth and the future of our children
Michael O’Brien-Onyeka Conservation International

Can Africa tap into 'debt-for-nature' plan to protect its forests?

A new U.S. law offers cuts in debt obligations to nations that channel the saved funds to protect critical forests and coral reefs

In Depth

Colombia's push for land titles brings hope for farmers amid fragile peace
In Los Angeles 'water colony', tribes fear a parched future
Running Dry: Competing for water on a thirsty planet
insight
Running Dry: Competing for water on a thirsty planet

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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Bogota's solar-powered gondola gives slum dwellers a lift
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Indian cities urged to develop heat action plans as temperatures soar
Drastic shift in city lifestyles urged to avert climate crisis