Turkey: Land disputes, climate change pressure nomads to settle
LIZ COOKMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as drought and tensions with local farmers threaten their pastoralist lifestyle, the last of Turkey’s nomadic Yoruks fear they may soon have to settle down…
Noisy birds to holograms, eight curious property rights debates in 2019
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Fights over property rights extended to pavements, space, the sea, data, dead people’s images, and even noises and smells in 2019, with governments scrambling to define and legislate emerging areas of concern. At the same time, deadly conflicts raged over land and water with at least 108 people killed trying to […]