More than 1,700 activists have been killed this century defending the environment
- Written by Nathalie Butt, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Queensland
According to records compiled by the campaign group Global Witness, 1,738 people described as environmental defenders were killed between 2002 and 2018, across 50 countries.
Their latest report for 2018, released last week, identified 164 killings
Although the figure is slightly down on that for 2017, the group says the number of reported deaths...
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