Environmental defenders: public health champions
The Lancet,
The health sector carries the burden of environmental disease but has few levers to address its root cause.
The health sector carries the burden of environmental disease but has few levers to address its root cause.
In 1624, English poet John Donne penned his famous poem ‘No Man Is an Island’, sublimely evoking the reality of human unity: ‘Any…
Defenders of the environment are routinely attacked and criminalised. If they belong to indigenous groups, they are attacked…
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Environmental activists and defenders are killed at twice the rate that they were 15 years ago, according to a new study.
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Despite centuries of persecution, indigenous groups still manage or have tenure rights over at least a quarter of the world's…
The study also stated that only 10 per cent of them have been granted justice A study has shown that as many as 1558 people in…
T he number of reported deaths of environmental defenders has increased, as well as the number of countries where these deaths…
Entre 2002 y 2017, las muertes de defensores ambientales ocurridas en el mundo se duplicaron, y del total de decesos (1.558)…
Environmental defenders on the front line of natural resource conflict are being killed at an alarming rate, according to a…
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Despite centuries of persecution, indigenous groups still manage or have tenure rights over at least a quarter of the world’s…
Despite centuries of persecution, indigenous groups still manage or have tenure rights over at least a quarter of the world’s…
According to records compiled by the campaign group Global Witness, 1,738 people described as environmental defenders were…
The number of environmental activists murdered across the world has doubled over the past 15 years, climbing above the number…
Four people are being killed every week for defending the environment and the rate of deaths has doubled in 15 years, a new…
Environmental defenders on the front line of natural resource conflict are being killed at an alarming rate, according to a…