More than 1,700 land and environmental defenders have been killed over the past ten years, according to a new report, ‘Decade of Defiance’, published by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. Two […]
At least 227 land and environmental defenders were murdered in 2020, according to a new report, ‘Last Line of Defence’, produced by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. This is the highest […]
In 2018, mining was the deadliest industrial sector for environmental defenders, according to a new annual report,” Enemies of the State?”, by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. The NGO reports that 43 people […]
Agribusiness is now linked to more killings of environmental defenders than any other industry, according to a new annual report by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. The number of environmental defenders killed […]
Update: The anti-protest charges brought against Bev Smiles, Bruce Hughes, and Stephanie Luke were dismissed by a magistrate in Mudgee on June 5, 2018. See new article for details. In Australia’s Hunter […]
At least two hundred environmental activists were killed in 2016, according to a new report by the non-governmental organisation Global Witness. And nearly 40 percent of those murdered were from indigenous communities. […]
A consortium of NGOs is calling on UNESCO to intervene urgently to protect the rainforest World Heritage Site in northern Sumatra in Indonesia. The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) site has […]
Environmental crime has now outstripped the illegal trade in small arms. It is now estimated that natural resources worth as much as much as US$ 258 billion are being plundered by criminals […]
Environmentalists battling to protect Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have condemned the decision by Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt to give the green light to the controversial expansion of the Abbot Point coal […]
Leuser Ecosystem: Photo by Paul Hilton Environmental activists are calling on the Indonesian Home Affairs Minister to halt plans to open up large areas of protected forests in Sumatra for road building, […]
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