Global Witness documents 124 environmental defender deaths in 2025

A watchdog group reported that nature and land defenders were killed at a rate of one every three days globally in 2025, with the majority of deaths occurring in Latin America linked to narco-trafficking and organized crime overlapping indi

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11d Guardian Environment People protecting nature and land set up self-defence units amid threat of murder — Defenders of forests and rivers killed at rate of one every three days in 2025, with 85% of deaths in Latin America Nature and land defenders were murdered at…

11d Inside Climate News An Environmental Defender Is Murdered Every Three Days — Every three days someone is killed for defending nature. In 2025, watchdog group Global Witness documented 124 such deaths worldwide, a toll researchers say is…

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