GLA’s fight resonates deeply with other grassroots organizations across the Caribbean facing similar challenges. Too often, communities are shut out of decision-making processes, their voices silenced by powerful interests. This case reminds us, that legal action, though cost, time and energy prohibitive, can be highly effective, not only in achieving justice in individual cases but also in setting precedents that pave the way for greater environmental protection and community participation across the region.
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They Give Us Weapons, Not Schools’ : Haitian Peasant Women Denounce State Complicity in Massacres and Demand Action
The women of Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen raise their voices in grief and outrage, mourning the loss of live in the Pont-Sondé massacre of October 3, 2024. They condemn the authorities’ inaction, their complicity in the violence, the “anti-people action plan” that shatters families and forces communities to flee.
Delayed Justice, Lasting Damage: Grenada’s Environmental Legal Struggle
Legal remediation is often the only way for concerned citizens to ensure their voices will be heard, but it often proves slow and prohibitively expensive. The Grenadian case, ongoing since March 2021, exemplifies these challenges.
Barbuda Council Decries Central Governments Attempts to Fractionate Communal Lands
Barbuda Council Decries Central Government’s Attempts to Fractionate Communal Lands The Barbuda Council’s call for a boycott against the government’s land adjudication process, which seeks to dismantle their island’s traditional communal land system, which has sustained and united Barbadians for generations. Facebook WhatsApp Why Communal Land Systems Matter Shared Prosperity and Security: Communal ownership ensures …
Solidarity Message Re Hurricane Beryl
From Workshop to Witness: Caribbean Solidarity in the Face of Beryl’s Destruction https://strongercaribbeantogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Stronger-Caribbean-Beryl-Solidarity-Vid.mp4 Video Message from Stronger Caribbean Together Regional Workshop, 2 July 2024 Video Message from Stronger Caribbean Together Regional Workshop, 2 July 2024 Even as the Stronger Caribbean Together network gathered in Jamaica for its 2024 in-person workshop to explore ways to confront …
Caribbean Environmental Law, An Overview
Modern laws continue to protect the colonial understanding of nature.
Challenges and Responses
Challenges & Responses UEF Demands Accountability in Implementation of Escazú Agreement UEF Demands Accountability in Implementation of Escazú Agreement Belize signed… Read More March 21, 2024 Common Ground: Securing Land Rights and Safeguarding the Earth Common Ground: Securing Land Rights and Safeguarding the Earth The… Read More March 8, 2024 Quiet Victory: Court Ruling Protects …
Agroprovidencia
Agroprovidencia stands as a beacon of hope amidst the challenges posed by disaster capitalism. The group works on traditional farming, food sovereignty and security, and just food networks. By researching and implementing alternative farming and cooperative systems that align with the island’s ecological conditions and cultural values, they are not only preserving traditional practices but …
Carribbean Land Rush: Foreign Investors, Disasters, and Unequal Development pen_spark
Investors exploit vulnerable situations to secure land for resource extraction, tourism development, or large-scale agriculture, often disregarding local communities’ rights and environmental concerns.
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Offer Promising Solutions to Climate Change
Fact Sheet on Indigenous and Community Land Rights:
