Postcards: Ancient Spanish village loses school, fears for its future as population dwindles
SUSANA VERA and EMMA PINEDO, of Reuters, report from Pitarque…
Postcards: Egypt erects sand barriers as rising sea swallows the Nile Delta
MENNA A FAROUK, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on hopes low-cost sand dykes can help hold back the Mediterranean Sea and protect the homes and incomes of people in Egypt’s breadbasket…
Landless Thais get homes in mangrove forest in conservation push
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Thai authorities have reached an agreement with a landless community that will allow villagers to live in a mangrove forest if they help protect the area, a unique collaboration that could work across the country, land rights groups said. Under a memorandum of understanding between the government, human rights groups and […]
New life for shrinking communities: Europe’s dying villages woo immigrants to survive
SOPHIE DAVIES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how immigrants are bringing new life to struggling communities in Europe…
Coronavirus helps abandoned homes find new owners in Georgia
Milan, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation They might have rotting doors and squeaky floors but abandoned homes have become an instant seller in Georgia as coronavirus has boosted demand for out-of-town retreats, according to a man on a mission to revive forsaken villages. Moved by the plight of his own village, whose population has shrunk to a […]
PAKISTAN: VILLAGERS “LIVING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH” AS GLACIERS MELT
PEER MUHAMMAD, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Pakistan…