South Africa lays out conditions to seize land, says investors will be reassured
A draft law would allow land to be confiscated without payment in certain cases if it is unused, abandoned or poses a safety risk
India's Modi launches property card scheme to aid rural households
Drones will be used to map land parcels and landowners given digital property documents under India's scheme to clarify land ownership
'Dramatic' global rise in laws defending rights of nature
At least 14 countries have passed such measures in the past dozen years
Thai villagers 'reclaim' land after 26-year fight over mine
Villagers in the country's northeast say they will oppose any move to renew mining permit for land they will turn into forest
New homes, highways boost flood risk on Turkey's northern coast
Two recent deadly floods have sparked fresh warnings about unchecked development in the country's Black Sea region
INSIGHT-Three years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages, U.N. map makers follow suit
Where Kan Kya once stood there are now government and military buildings, with the site of the destroyed village now nameless and reclassified as part of nearby town Maungdaw
In India's flood-prone Assam, hill settlers hold out hope for land titles
As floods and erosion uproot more families in Assam, about 300,000 people in the Guwahati hills have no proof of land ownership
As Soviet seed blights Armenian farms, reform promises growth
As coronavirus bites, Armenia eyes land reform to revitalise abandoned farms
Queensland becomes first Australian state to outlaw gay conversion therapy
The Australian state of Queensland has outlawed so-called gay conversion therapy, as more regions and nations eye laws
Russians to be offered free plots of land amid Arctic push - draft law
The legislation would allow Russian Arctic’s residents to acquire up to one hectare of land for free to build a home or use for business