Record no. MRB-2026-006911

First Nation to Buy Foreign Land as a Climate Relocation Plan

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In 2014, Kiribati purchased roughly 20 square kilometers of land on Fiji's Vanua Levu island, making it one of the first nations to acquire territory abroad specifically as a potential refuge for its population against rising seas.