Standing firm
The Land and Environmental Defenders on the frontlines of the climate crisis

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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Statement | November 27, 2023 Statement on the killing of renowned anti-mining activist and Indigenous environmental defender in Mexico
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Blog Post | November 16, 2023 The Saweto trials cannot lead to another missed opportunity for justice in the murder of four Peruvian Indigenous leaders
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Press Release | September 14, 2023 Two Filipino environmental advocates violently abducted after opposing controversial airport project
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Long Read | September 13, 2023 Standing firm
Investigations
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Long Read | September 13, 2023 Standing firm
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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
Press releases
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Press Release | September 14, 2023 Two Filipino environmental advocates violently abducted after opposing controversial airport project
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Press Release | September 13, 2023 Almost 2,000 land and environmental defenders killed between 2012 and 2022 for protecting the planet
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Press Release | August 08, 2023 Amazon Summit must put environmental defenders at the heart of commitments, as leaders convene in Brazil
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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
Blogs
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Blog Post | November 16, 2023 The Saweto trials cannot lead to another missed opportunity for justice in the murder of four Peruvian Indigenous leaders
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Blog Post | July 01, 2023 Seven years after the murder of Gloria Capitan our struggle has grown into a climate movement
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Blog Post | June 22, 2023 Arrest of fifth climate defender undermines Vietnam's 'just transition'
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Blog Post | May 25, 2023 Five years on from India’s Thoothukudi massacre, families and activists demand justice
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
