Private property rights at stake in South Africa ballot
Land ownership and income inequality remain highly emotive subjects more than two decades after the end of apartheid in South Africa
Runaway Saudi sisters leave Georgia to start new life
Maha, 28, and Wafa al-Subaie, 25, started an online campaign to find a safe haven in April, after arriving in Georgia to escape relatives they said abused them
INTERVIEW-Can you both feed the world and save the planet?
Agriculture, forestry and other uses of land management account for nearly a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions that are heating up the planet
Sand mining 'mafias' destroying environment, livelihoods: UN
Sand extraction has increased pollution and flooding, lowered groundwater levels, hurt marine life, and exacerbated the occurrence and severity of landslides and drought
Resurgent 'family values' cause nations to break women's rights vows - U.N. official
U.N. Women is collecting information from nations around the world to publish next year on the 25th anniversary of a historic women's rights declaration signed in Beijing
EXPERT VIEWS-'Not too late to make a difference' in rescuing nature
A major report on biodiversity has warned that accelerating species decline threatens a crisis for humans - here's how experts are responding
Children may be their parents' best climate-change teachers, scientists find
Study results suggest nationwide protests by young people urging action to tackle global warming could influence the views of adults
Cut emissions and poverty, not trees, by letting locals manage forests
Deforestation is the second leading cause of climate change after fossil fuels, while cutting down forests can also harm livelihoods and cause tensions, as people compete for fewer resources
Danish social enterprise manufactures self-esteem for disabled
Huset Venture, Denmark's largest social enterprise, strives to build more inclusive workforces by hiring people with disabilities who may otherwise have limited job prospects
Governments urged to keep pressure on Brunei after gay sex death penalty halt
Brunei sparked global outcry when it rolled out its interpretation of Islamic laws on April 3, allowing whipping and stoning to death for those found guilty of adultery, sodomy and rape