A grave concern: Coronavirus highlights burial plot shortages in cities
Bangkok, Thailand/Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the problem of scarce burial space in cities, even as health concerns and tight budgets force more families to opt against traditional grave burials, land rights experts said on Monday. As cities around the world have rapidly expanded in recent decades, urban cemeteries have […]
Deadly land dispute in Vietnam sparks crackdown on “critical” social media
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation A deadly land dispute in Vietnam has led to a crackdown on social media posts, a sign of growing heavy-handedness by authorities as rising demand for land spurs more conflicts across the country, analysts and human rights activists said. Four people were killed and dozens arrested last week in the northern […]
Historic US island return to native tribe “path forward” for other land transfers
Washington, DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation A Californian city was expected to return a historic island to its former Native American owners on Monday, more than 150 years after the tribe was decimated, in a move which Indigenous groups said could inspire other land transfers across the country. The voluntary transfer of the 113 hectare Duluwat […]
In first, Native American tribe displaced by sea gets land to relocate
Thomson Reuters Foundation A small Native American tribe in Louisiana whose land has nearly vanished into the sea has moved a step closer to relocating its community further inland after authorities acquired new land for the move, part of a first-of-its-kind project. The 208 hectares of farmland will be made available to members of the […]
In the US, Sioux tribe receives land from South Dakota Jesuits
RNS The Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, highlighted in red, in south-central South Dakota. Five hundred acres will be returned to the Rosebud Sioux tribe in the general area. PICTURE: Google Maps A tribe of Sioux in the US is going back to the land – or rather, the land is going back to the tribe. The […]