Land and environmental defenders: annual report archive

Land and environmental defenders faced brutal silencing tactics in 2023, with a record year for killings in Colombia and criminalisation cases across the world

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

Ten years of reporting land and environmental activism worldwide

2020 was once again the most dangerous year on record for people defending their land and our planet

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

More than three people were murdered each week in 2018, with countless more criminalised, for defending their land and our environment.

Irresponsible business and the murder of land and environmental defenders in 2017

2016 saw a record 200 killings of people defending their land, forests and rivers against destructive industries

2015 was the worst year on record for killings of land and environmental defenders – people struggling to protect their land, forests and rivers

New report shows killings of environmental activists are increasing, with indigenous communities hardest hit.

A rising death toll on our environmental frontiers is escaping international attention.

Increase in killings as tensions rise over land and forests.