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Environment Scotland

7. January 2026

New Alliances Make Rewilding Possible

A growing coalition of landowners, communities, and conservationists in Scotland is expanding rewilding across the Affric Highlands, with Glen Affric National Nature Reserve joining as the 20th official partner.

Society

Society Australia

20. November 2025

After Centuries of Struggle, Land Rights Finally Acknowledged

In Australia, the Federal Court of Australia has formally recognised nearly 1 million hectares of land in Cape York as belonging to Indigenous peoples.

Society

Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop), president of the Council of the Haida Nation, signs the historic Gaayhllxid/Gíihlagalgang “Rising Tide” Haida Title Lands Agreement in April 2024, with British Columbia premier David Eby, center, and Haida vice president Stephen Grosse, second from left, looking on

Society Canada

15. May 2024

Reconciling with Indigenous Peoples Through Official Recognitions

The government of British Columbia, Canada, officially recognized the Haida Nation as the rightful owner of the Haida Gwaii archipelago. This precedent could positively change Canada’s path to reconciliation with the Natives.

Society

Justino Piaguage, president of the Siekopai Nation

Society Ecuador

20. December 2023

Historic Win: Ancestral Land Goes Back to Its People

The Ecuadorian government is giving back a piece of the Siekopai people’s ancestral home, recognizing at last an Indigenous population’s right to possess land declared a protected area.

Society

Society The World

7. July 2023

Indigenous Communities Around the World Are Gaining Their Land Back

A recent report found that land owned by Indigenous, Afro-Descendant, and local communities increased by 254 million acres between 2015 and 2020.

Society

Society USA

7. July 2021

This Native Tribe Finally Took Back Their “Stolen Island”

The Passamaquoddy tribe has bought back its ancestral island, located off the coast of Maine, United States, 160 years after being cast out from it, thus regaining a piece of land loaded with sentimental value and spiritual importance.

Society

Society India

16. March 2021

State Becomes National First to Grant Women Co-Ownership of Land

Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to grant women co-ownership rights of their husband’s ancestral property, a landmark amendment that paves the way for women’s rights across the country.

Technology

Technology Zimbabwe

14. November 2020

Looking for Unused Land to Farm on? Check Your Phone!

Farmers in Zimbabwe now have a new app to make the search for land in an easier and cheaper way. Through their smartphones, they can learn all they need to know about vacant plots all around the country.

Society

Society Botswana

25. September 2020

Big Break for Farming Women as President Gives Them Right to Own Land

Women rights get a boost in Botswana where President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared that wives are now equals to their husbands in terms of land ownership, be it on state or tribal land.