In my blog yesterday, I reported a breach of rules introduced to improve transparency in landownership. I have reported the matter to Police and will be reporting back here on progress. Meanwhile, I a...

Greenlanders in recent years have been embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions like drum dancing or getting Inuit tattoos.

Israel continues to batter territory in renewed offensive as Palestinian officials say death toll of war has passed 50,000 Malnutrition is spreading in Gaza, medics and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory are warning, as a total Israeli blockade of all supplies enters its fourth week. There has been no sign that Israel will open entry points to allow essential aid to flow or ease its new offensive in Gaza, which started on Tuesday with a wave of airstrikes that killed 400 people, mostly civilians, ending two months of relative calm. On Sunday, Palestinian officials said the total death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict had passed 50,000. Continue reading...

President scapegoats diversity and inclusion initiatives while addressing air traffic disaster that left 67 dead

Land reform in Scotland is often depicted as a divisive political project. Dr Josh Doble, Policy Manager at Community Land Scotland, examines the…

Ahead of the Land Reform Bill, this report sets out a bold agenda for land reform.

Today is the United Nations' International Migrants Day, a day to shine a spotlight on the invaluable contributions of millions of migrants around the world.

Introduction This blog introduces my proposals for a comprehensive Land Reform Bill - one that goes far further than existing proposals in reforming Scotland’s land governance. I plan to publish furth...

It is now five months since my post questioning how abrdn, Akre and the Natural History Museum  (NHM) had applied the Biodiversity Intactness Index to the land at Far Ralia in an attempt to demonstrat...

West Bengal, Bihar, and lowland Nepal face a crisis from climate change, rising costs, out-migration, and labour shortages

I am pleased to publish this guest blog by Dr Fraser Sugden, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography in the University of Birminghman's School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. In it, Dr Sugd...