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[TRENDING NEWS] In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’

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Author: BY THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF, YAQOOB AKBARY AND JIM HUYLEBROEK - Publish Date: December 4, 2021 at 01:03AM A decades-long fight over land has been reinvigorated as Taliban leaders look to reward their fighters with property, even if that means evicting others.

[TRENDING NEWS] Palestinian Families Reject Deal in Area That Helped Set Off Gaza Conflict

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Author: BY PATRICK KINGSLEY - Publish Date: November 3, 2021 at 02:11AM The threatened evictions of Palestinian residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem led to a war in Gaza last May.

[TRENDING NEWS] How to Make a Neighborhood Farm for an Entire Metropolis

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Author: BY KIM SEVERSON - Publish Date: August 10, 2021 at 02:43AM A program being started in Atlanta helps midsize farmers buy their own land while providing much-needed fresh food to urban consumers.

[TRENDING NEWS] Sylvia Deutsch, a Force in New York City Land Use, Dies at 96

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Author: BY DOUGLAS MARTIN - Publish Date: June 23, 2021 at 01:23AM The only person to lead two city land-use agencies and the first woman to head each, she expanded housing opportunities and promoted a revitalized Times Square.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering

Author: BY BRAD PLUMER, NADJA POPOVICH AND BRIAN PALMER - Publish Date: August 24, 2020 at 11:26AM Redlining helped reshape the urban landscape of U.S. cities. It also left communities of color far more vulnerable to rising heat.

[TRENDING NEWS] Enquanto Bolsonaro cumpre as promessas sobre a Amazônia, indígenas brasileiros temem um ‘etnocídio’

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Author: BY ERNESTO LONDOÑO AND LETÍCIA CASADO - Publish Date: April 19, 2020 at 02:10PM O presidente Jair Bolsonaro atua de forma agressiva para abrir a floresta amazônica ao desenvolvimento comercial e representa uma ameaça existencial para as tribos da região.

[TRENDING NEWS] Bolsonaro cumple sus promesas sobre la Amazonia y los indígenas de Brasil temen un ‘etnocidio’

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Author: BY ERNESTO LONDOÑO - Publish Date: April 19, 2020 at 02:10PM El presidente del país sudamericano está actuando de forma agresiva para abrir la selva amazónica al desarrollo comercial, lo que representa una amenaza existencial para los pueblos que la habitan.

[TRENDING NEWS] As Bolsonaro Keeps Amazon Vows, Brazil’s Indigenous Fear ‘Ethnocide’

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Author: BY ERNESTO LONDOÑO AND LETÍCIA CASADO - Publish Date: April 19, 2020 at 02:00PM President Jair Bolsonaro is moving aggressively to open up the Amazon rainforest to commercial development, posing an existential threat to the tribes living there.

[TRENDING NEWS] Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns

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Author: CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE - Publish Date: August 8, 2019 at 07:00AM The world's land is being exploited at an “unprecedented” rate, a United Nations report on climate change warns, putting pressure on food production and amplifying the risk of mass migration.

[TRENDING NEWS] Who Gets to Own the West?

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Author: JULIE TURKEWITZ - Publish Date: June 22, 2019 at 07:00AM A new group of billionaires is shaking up the landscape.

[TRENDING NEWS] Your House Is My House, Pakistan’s Rich Say to Its Poor

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Author: MOHAMMED HANIF - Publish Date: May 28, 2019 at 07:00AM Property scams start from the top here, and cut across political divides.

[TRENDING NEWS] Unlocking the (Neon Green) Door to Gentrification

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Author: EMILY BADGER - Publish Date: May 3, 2019 at 07:00AM Architecture is often the first chapter in the story of neighborhood change.

[TRENDING NEWS] Where Reindeer Are a Way of Life

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Author: NADIA SHIRA COHEN - Publish Date: December 16, 2018 at 07:00AM The indigenous Sami people have fought for generations to preserve their identity. The latest battles are against Norway’s limits on reindeer herds.