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UBAD Educational Foundation and others fight for amendment to environmental laws in Belize

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The Raizal Youth Organization

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The Bernard Lodge Farmer’s Association resits displacement from arable land as Jamaica gives up greater food sovereignty

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Through an innovative land trust, the Caño Martín Peña community protects itself against gentrification

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Barbudans rally against the Disaster Capitalism and accompanying ‘developments’ which expose them to greater effects from climate change

About the Network

This network connects communities across the Caribbean, armed with generational knowledge and lived experience, battling the impacts of climate change, with technical and legal support offered by the University of Bristol, University of the West Indies, the University of Antwerp, and the National University of Colombia, and backed by financial support from the Global Challenges Research Fund.

Bernard Lodge Farmers Association

Bernard Lodge Farmers Group

Kingston, JAMAICA

A group of farmers whose access to land has been put under threat by recent urban development projects that would expel farmers from their land and reduce access to scarce arable land and potentially put food security at risk in Jamaica. It seeks to make its knowledge visible to the academic community, and is willing to colalborate on alternative forms of organization that land, food production, climate-oriented projects should take if they truly aim at guaranteeing secure, sovereign, and resilient food systems in Jamaica.

FOOD SECURITY

LEGAL REFORMS

YOUTH MOBILIZATION

Reforestation

Raizal Youth Organization

FOOD SECURITY

LEGAL REFORMS

YOUTH MOBILIZATION

Reforestation

Raizal Youth Organization

San Andres, COLOMBIA

An ethnic-based organization that struggles for the rights and self-determination of Raizal people in the Archipelago of San Andrés in Colombia. RYO promotes the participation of Raizal youth in the drafting and implementation of public policy and in bottom-up organization of young people towards food sovereignty, reforestation, development of local varieties and democratic access to land and water. 

UBAD Education Foundation

COMMUNITY AWARENESS

LEGAL REFORMS

UBAD Eduation Foundation

Southside, BELIZE CITY

United Black Association for Development Educational Foundation
(UEF) is a community based organization located in Belize City, Belize
Central America (Abya Yala). UEF is the 4 th pillar of the Black
independent owned media conglomerate Kremandala. Amandala
Newspaper was established in August 1969, Krem Radio was
established in November 1989, Krem Television was established in
November 2004, and UEF was established in March 1996. UEF is rooted
in consciousness raising for the liberation of Belizean people.

Fideicomiso de la Tierra​

COMMUNITY AWARENESS

LEGAL REFORMS

El Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña

Caño Martín Peña, Puerto Rico

TThe threat of displacement was the catalyst for families and individals, with very limited economic resources, residents of public lands without property titles in the Caño Martín Peña area to establish an innovative community land trust. The trust made enabled them to plan for the environmental recovery of the Caño Martín Peña ecosystem. The communities were the central and leading axis of a participatory planning process during the years 2002-2004.

Save Barbuda

Save Barbuda

Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda

A group of local and foreign advocates for socio-environmental justice on Barbuda, opposing developments which cause irreversible negative impact and are incompatible with the rights of people and the environment.

Disaster Capitalism

Contributing PARTNERS

We are a growing team of community organizers, academics here to exchange knowledge and provide support for community-based food systems & natural resource management best practices.

YaYa Marin-Coleman

UBAD Education Foundation

Belize

John Mussington

Environmental Expert Activist

Barbuda
Hugh Johnson

Bernard Lodge Farmers Association

Jamaica
Gerybern Livingston

Raizal Youth Organization

Colombia
Mariolga Pacheco

Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña

Puerto Rico
Professor Tomaso Ferrando

Research Professor

University of Antwerp

Dr. Jessica Paddock

Principal Investigator

University of Bristol
Dr. Patricia Northover

Senior Fellow

University of the West Indies
Dr. Catalina Toro Pérez

Principal Investigator

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

David Barreto Sanchez

Research Ecologist

Policy and Environmental Law Research Group
National University of Colombia
Line Algoed

PHD Researcher


Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium
Adrian Henriques

Research Assistant

Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies
University of the West Indies
Kristinia Doughorty

Research Assistant

Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies
University of the West Indies
YOU Should Become Part of this Network

Contact Us

Our aim is to enhance existing research, contribute to the co-production and exchange of knowledge, and to highlight community-led responses to the interconnected challenges of food insecurity and climate change in the region.
If your principles or work are in alignment with this, you should become a part of this network. 

Get Connected

In the tumultuous aftermath of disasters, it is easy to feel isolated and alone, but you are not.

We, a network of Caribbean-wide community organizers who stand in solidarity with those affected the twin threats of the climate crises and disaster capitalism, a phenomenon that exacerbates the suffering of vulnerable communities.

We want you to know that your stories matter. We are here to listen, to support, and to amplify your voices.

We believe that together, we can challenge the forces of disaster capitalism and advocate for more sustainable, inclusive and equitable decision-making.

Join us in solidarity. Share your experiences and let’s build strong communities that thrive together.

Offer Suppport

As the wider world braces for the climate change, Caribbean communities are already struggling with its effects. Small local communities, small scale farmers and coastal communities are disproportionately affected. Political decisions, power dynamics and laws often compound the catastrophes and silence bottom up solutions.

There are ways in which you can help.

Responses

Barbuda

Belize

Cayman Islands

Colombia

Grenada

Haiti

Puerto Rico

Challenges

Barbuda

Belize

Cayman Islands

Colombia

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Puerto Rico

Partners

Legal Associates

Institutional Support