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Guest post: Barbudans forced off island to privatise commons.
The people of Barbuda have always held their land in common. That land tenure system is now being threatened by financiers and their...
Sep 17, 2018


‘Land grab’ on hurricane-hit Barbuda could leave the island almost entirely owned by banks
Note from the author One year ago Hurricane Irma hit the coasts of Barbuda, a small Caribbean island that was first occupied as a British...
Sep 6, 2018


New bill will make Ireland the first country in the world to divest from fossil fuel assets
Ireland is on track to become the first country in the world to divest public money from fossil fuel assets following a landmark vote in...
Jul 12, 2018


Promoting transnational accountability for “land grabbing”? Insights from a brainstorming event
This note summarises insights from a meeting convened by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) in collaboration with the International...
Nov 20, 2017


Crowdfunding campaign for climate change legal action launched.
Monday September 25th sees the launch of GLAN's crowdfunding campaign to help bring a potentially ground-breaking case. We are helping...
Sep 24, 2017
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