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‘Plantation tourism’: court victory signals hope in Jamaica’s fight to keep beaches public

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‘Plantation tourism’: court victory signals hope in Jamaica’s fight to keep beaches public
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A temporary injunction in the coastline battle for beaches to be publicly accessible, not sealed off for private developments, is just a step in fighting what islanders call a tourism model that disadvantages JamaicansWhen the Australian human rights lawyer Eva Buzo emerged from the sea on to the shores of One Man Beach in Montego Bay on Sunday after her gruelling, nearly 11-hour-long swim, the thunderous pulse of welcome drums was drowned out by the chants of “free beach” from jubilant supporte

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