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2024-09-15 08:07 UTC

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." #capitalism #ClassWar #EcoNews #Ecology #profit #govcrimes #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #StateTerrorism

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@prolrage@todon.nl 2025-12-20 14:18

Land and #environmental defenders—#Indigenous leaders, farmers, conservationists, and community #activists—risk their lives opposing the destructive exploitation of natural resources. The dangers facing defenders are widespread and persistent. Since reporting began in 2012, Global Witness estimates that at least 2,253 defenders have been killed or disappeared. #LatinAmerica remains the deadliest region, accounting for roughly 82 percent of killings in 2024: #Colombia reported 48 deaths, #Guatemala 20, #Mexico 18, and #Brazil 12. The #violence is linked to land disputes, #mining, agribusiness, and organized #crime. Indigenous peoples are disproportionately affected. Although they make up only six percent of the global population, they account for roughly one-third of defenders killed or targeted worldwide. A majority of killings and disappearances in 2024 were linked to extractive activities, with mining and logging at the forefront. “These defenders are ultimately safeguarding all ways of life on this planet, and we must protect them from enforced disappearance.” “If we still have rainforests, it’s because we, the indigenous, have fought for our lives to protect them”. https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/09/indigenous-and-environmental-defenders-risk-their-lives-as-the-last-line-protecting-the-planet/ #Climate #ClimateCrisis #press #journalism #honduras #Ecuador #capitalism #ClassWar

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