Pages tagged with "Environmental Activists"
If we are to look to a future with a green recovery, it means that we have to support land and environmental defenders to start now
Companies should be delivering on crucial deforestation commitments.
As the world begins to open its eyes to the depth and scale of racial injustice crisis in the US, we as an organisation need to recognise our role
Since the beginning of the year, illegal logging within Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary has escalated, as have efforts by the government to silence those who are monitoring and exposing this destruction.
At Global Witness, we’re committed to being part of the movement for a more resilient planet going forward. This includes standing up for land and environmental activists. States and business must do the same
Over 100 civil society organisations urged the government of Colombia to adopt all measures necessary to guarantee the safety of human rights defenders
Six months on from publication of ‘Defending the Philippines’, we take a look at what has changed for defenders in the country – and what threats remain
New investor due diligence briefing from Global Witness and BHRRC outlines material risks and actions for investor to take as human rights defenders face increasing threats.
New investor due diligence briefing outlines material risks and actions for investor to take under increasing scrutiny around human rights
Global Witness welcomes the release from Police custody today of Goldman Prize winning forest protection activist Ouch Leng and three other environmental defenders and calls on the Cambodian authorities to drop all investigations into their activities
Since 2012, we have reported annually on killings of land and environmental defenders around the world.
Women land and environmental defenders are absolutely vital to the fight against the climate crisis. In every region of the world, women defenders take leadership roles in action against mining, logging, agribusiness and other destructive industries
Despite the international outcry that followed Berta’s murder, the Honduran government is consistently failing in its duty to protect its own citizens
Days after the funeral of prominent Mexican butterfly conservationist Homero Gómez González, the body of a second environmental defender is found at a butterfly sanctuary in Michoacán state, Central Mexico.
Guatemalan land defender Abelino Chub Caal spoke to Global Witness about his experience of being criminalised for taking a stand against damaging agribusiness
Could European politicians be sitting up and finally paying real attention to climate breakdown?
A year on from Julián Carrillo’s assassination, is the Mexican government is sowing the seeds for future conflict?
Our latest research demonstrated how murders of Land and Environmental Defenders in the Philippines have almost doubled – facilitated by the current government’s violent policies and aggressive rhetoric.
It's disappointing, that after clear evidence of growing attacks against land and environmental defenders in the Philippines, the government continues to shirk responsibility
Shocking evidence of widespread attacks against land and environmental defenders, with the Philippines government failing to act
