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

Land and environmental defenders: annual report archive
Since 2012, we have reported annually on killings of land and environmental defenders around the world.

All
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Statement | June 16, 2022 Statement on Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
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Statement | June 14, 2022 Statement on harassment of Kalikasan and Centre for Environmental Concerns
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Blog Post | May 30, 2022 How Europe can stop funding land grabs in Brazil
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Blog Post | May 12, 2022 Alarm bells of authoritarianism sounding in the UK
Investigations
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Report | November 23, 2021 Global commodity traders are fuelling land conflicts in Brazil’s Cerrado
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Report | September 13, 2021 Last line of defence
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Report | December 10, 2020 Indonesia palm oil traders are failing land and environmental defenders
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Report | July 29, 2020 Defending Tomorrow
Press releases
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Press Release | April 04, 2022 Mexican Caravan in Defense of Water and Life facing armed threats
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Press Release | November 23, 2021 New investigation reveals global commodity giants fuelling land conflict and human rights abuses through trade of Brazilian soy
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Press Release | September 13, 2021 Global Witness reports 227 land and environmental activists murdered in a single year, the worst figure on record
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Press Release | May 06, 2021 Majority of Bunge shareholders vote for measures on deforestation but green groups issue urgent call for action
Blogs
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Blog Post | May 30, 2022 How Europe can stop funding land grabs in Brazil
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Blog Post | May 12, 2022 Alarm bells of authoritarianism sounding in the UK
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Blog Post | March 24, 2022 As democracy continues to deteriorate in Nicaragua, Indigenous peoples pay the price
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Blog Post | March 11, 2022 How we can use film to create social change
Policy Briefings
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Briefing Document | April 28, 2020 Responsible Sourcing
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
