Defending Tomorrow
Our annual report into the killings of land and environmental defenders in 2019 shows the highest number yet have been murdered in a single year

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

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Blog Post | January 07, 2021 We need new laws to stop companies profiting from murder
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Article | December 16, 2020 “More visible, more secure” is the way to rebuild democracy in Guatemala
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Blog Post | December 14, 2020 “I cannot sell out my people. And if need be, I will die for my people.”
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Press Release | December 10, 2020 Commodity traders ADM and Bunge linked to conflict-tainted palm oil in Indonesia
Press releases
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Press Release | December 10, 2020 Commodity traders ADM and Bunge linked to conflict-tainted palm oil in Indonesia
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Press Release | August 12, 2020 Global Witness demands an urgent investigation into the disappearances of members of the Garífunas community in Honduras
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Press Release | July 29, 2020 Global Witness records the highest number of land and environmental activists murdered in one year – with the link to accelerating climate change of increasing concern
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Press Release | June 23, 2020 A letter to the Consumer Goods Forum: It’s Time to Stop the Fires and Deliver on ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ Commitments
Blogs
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Blog Post | January 07, 2021 We need new laws to stop companies profiting from murder
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Blog Post | December 14, 2020 “I cannot sell out my people. And if need be, I will die for my people.”
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Blog Post | December 09, 2020 Bringing the voice of defenders to the EU
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Blog Post | December 02, 2020 Meet the young Russian activists risking their freedom for the climate
Policy Briefings
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
