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Almost 200 people killed last year trying to defend the #environment, report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/09/almost-200-people-killed-last-year-trying-to-defend-the-environment-report-finds-aoe
"#Colombia, #Brazil, #Mexico and #Honduras were the most deadly countries for people trying to protect their lands and ecosystems, making up more than 70% of all recorded killings globally.
...Of those killed in 2023, 43% were from #Indigenous communities. Nearly 90% of those killed were men. Numbers from last year bring the total recorded killings to 2,106 since 2012, when Global Witness first started reporting on the data.
...Along with murders, the report said that disappearances and abductions of environmental defenders were common, as well as the wider #criminalisation of #activists around the world."