Scarred for Life
An enormous landfill in Colombia, currently owned and operated by French giant Veolia, has caused severe harms to local ecosystems and residents of the neighbouring village of Patio Bonito

Runaway Risk
Dutch companies will profit from a new Philippines airport project being built at a high cost to communities and the environment

All
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Press Release | May 30, 2023 French giant Veolia accused of buying “toxic” Colombian landfill, failed to address the risks faced by environmental defenders
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Article | May 30, 2023 Scarred for Life
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Blog Post | May 25, 2023 Five years on from India’s Thoothukudi massacre, families and activists demand justice
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Statement | May 24, 2023 Attacks against UDEFEGUA: Defenders in Guatemala are under siege to claim democracy back
Investigations
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Article | May 30, 2023 Scarred for Life
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Long Read | February 02, 2023 Runaway Risk
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Article | December 20, 2022 Violence, torture and threats continue, allege land and environmental defenders in Amazonian Brazil palm oil region
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Long Read | December 06, 2022 Toxic Takeaways
Press releases
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Press Release | May 30, 2023 French giant Veolia accused of buying “toxic” Colombian landfill, failed to address the risks faced by environmental defenders
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Press Release | February 02, 2023 Dutch construction companies will profit from Philippines mega-airport which is devastating local communities and environment
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Press Release | January 24, 2023 International NGOs Call for Release of Prominent Environmental Defender in Vietnam One Year After 5-Year Prison Sentence
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Press Release | December 19, 2022 Brazilian palm oil firm, BBF, ramps up violence against Indigenous peoples in final days of Bolsonaro rule
Blogs
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Blog Post | May 25, 2023 Five years on from India’s Thoothukudi massacre, families and activists demand justice
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Blog Post | April 19, 2023 Defending the defenders: why Brazil must prioritize ratification of the Escazú Agreement
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Blog Post | March 02, 2023 Remembering Berta Cáceres: Seven years on, the fight for justice continues
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Blog Post | February 28, 2023 A historic sentence in Peru brings hope for land and environmental defenders
Policy Briefings
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Briefing Document | April 28, 2020 Responsible Sourcing
Land and environmental defenders: annual report archive
Since 2012, we have reported annually on killings of land and environmental defenders around the world.

In numbers: Lethal attacks against defenders since 2012
Explore our full dataset to find out where killings of defenders are occurring, which industries are responsible, and how this violence has changed over time

Philippines
Duterte’s broken promises are leaving activists at the mercy of business at all costs in the Philippines, the country with the most killings of land and environmental defenders in 2018

Brazil
The climate-critical Amazon rainforest is under major threat from destructive agribusiness. Brazil is also one of the deadliest countries in the world for land and environmental defenders, many of them from indigenous communities
