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At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared around the world last year defending their land, communities or the environment. Read the full report - gwitness.org/4mfM5Tu #StandWithDefenders
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Join @GreenpeaceUK + @Page75 on 15 May for an exclusive pre-release screening of @PBIUK’s The Line We Crossed🎥 — a documentary exposing the repression of climate protest and frontline resistance to climate breakdown gwitness.org/42M4vov 🎟️ Free tickets gwitness.org/4jOeRdJ
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Indigenous campaigners in the Philippines have spoken of their fear of becoming “collateral damage” in the global hunt for transition minerals. The #greentransition cannot come at the cost of human rights or the planet. More from our @Hanna_Hindstrom ⬇️ gwitness.org/4kPLc4R
Mining boom in the Philippines threatens environmental defenders - Land and Climate Review

Mining boom in the Philippines threatens environmental defenders - Land and Climate Review

Since 2010 the country has lost forest cover three times the size of New York City in mining zones for critical minerals, stripping away the country’s resilience to climate-related catastrophes,...

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'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest each year ow.ly/13a41062XVX
'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest...

'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest...

Global Witness analysis reveals UK is continuing to import a raft of goods that are directly driving deforestation around the world

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James Murray@James_BG20 Mar 2025
Report warns the UK is continuing to import lots of commodities linked to illegal forest clearance. businessgreen.com/news/44110…
'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest...

'A national embarrassment': UK imports goods linked to the destruction of a Liverpool-sized forest...

Global Witness analysis reveals UK is continuing to import a raft of goods that are directly driving deforestation around the world

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The Grocer@TheGrocer20 Mar 2025
Lack of regulation of imported goods to the UK has helped destroy an area of global forest equivalent to the size of Liverpool 🌲🌍📦 thegrocer.co.uk/news/uk-cont…
UK contributing to global deforestation as imports stay unregulated

UK contributing to global deforestation as imports stay unregulated

New Global Witness analysis shows deforestation linked to UK imports is continuing to rage on amid regulatory delays

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🚨BREAKING: The #Walney16 won a modest victory today, but their harsh sentences for peaceful climate protest mirror a global trend of silencing those who defend our planet. The UK govt must urgently review its draconian anti-protest laws. gwitness.org/3DicoIt?utm_sou…

Court ruling highlights urgent need to reform UK protest laws

Today’s Court ruling that saw modest sentence reductions for six of 16 climate protesters further highlights why the UK government must urgently review its draconian crackdown on peaceful protest

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🌍The Congo Basin is a lifeline for our planet, absorbing more CO₂ than the Amazon rainforest. It's also home to a staggering array of biodiversity, like chimpanzees, bonobos, elephants and gorillas. 🔥BUT it's under extreme threat. Here's why ⬇️ gwitness.org/3ZUJd6A
Why largest forest carbon sink, the Congo Basin, is at risk

Why largest forest carbon sink, the Congo Basin, is at risk

Home to staggering biodiversity like forest elephants, chimpanzees and gorillas, the Congo Basin’s importance for climate and biodiversity cannot be overstated

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El Surtidor@elsurti12 Dec 2024
En los últimos tres años, se deforestaron unas 75 mil hectáreas en el Chaco para proveer, en parte, colágeno a uno de los mayores fabricantes mundiales. @Global_Witness identificó los 10 bancos más grandes del mundo que dieron financiación a los frigoríficos. 🧵
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🚨BREAKING: Our latest investigation shows how @HSBC is helping drive deforestation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, one of Earth’s key #biodiversity hotspots 🌍 Our work in the @Telegraph this morning, featuring comment from our Forests campaign lead @AlexHREID gwitness.org/4gn0wTa

British bank accused of funding destruction of world’s ‘last great wilderness’

HSBC indirectly fuels cattle farming destroying Paraguay’s Gran Chaco forest, human rights group claims

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6) Indigenous Peoples and biodiversity risk becoming collateral damage in the global scramble for Zet Zero. It's time to realise that we cannot mine our way out of the climate emergency without deadly consequences.
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1) Our latest investigation reveals the dirty bootprint of the #Philippines boom in mining for critical minerals. New data shows that Indigenous communities and biodiversity hotspots are bearing the brunt of this extraction globalwitness.org/en/campaig…
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🌍 BREAKING: Global demand for #CriticalMinerals is devastating #Indigenous groups and ecosystems in the Philippines 🇵🇭, our latest investigation reveals. The #GreenTransition cannot come at the expense of communities and climate-critical biodiversity. gwitness.org/3OzzkFb
How mining threatens Indigenous defenders in the Philippines

How mining threatens Indigenous defenders in the Philippines

With skyrocketing global demand for critical minerals – vital to the green energy transition – Indigenous groups and biodiversity are at risk in the Philippines

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@Reuters10 Sep 2024
Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a record 79 killed, according to UK advocacy group Global Witness reut.rs/3MFpLn6
Colombia deadliest country for environmentalists in 2023, rights group says

Colombia deadliest country for environmentalists in 2023, rights group says

Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a record 79 killed,...

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@AFP10 Sep 2024
Nearly 200 land and environment defenders killed in 2023, says Global Witness report. The annual report found Latin America remains the most dangerous part of the world for environmental and land defenders, accounting for 85% of the 196 murders last year u.afp.com/5bDZ
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Almost 200 people killed in 2023 trying to defend the environment, report finds - Latin America was the most deadly region in which to defend ecosystems from mining and deforestation, with Indigenous people among half the dead @Global_Witness theguardian.com/environment/…

Almost 200 people killed last year trying to defend the environment, report finds

Latin America was the most deadly region in which to defend ecosystems from mining and deforestation, with Indigenous people among half the dead

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🔴 Almost 200 ecological activists murdered last year while protecting environment, says new report telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
Almost 200 ecological activists murdered last year while protecting environment, says new report

Almost 200 ecological activists murdered last year while protecting environment, says new report

Latin America identified as the deadliest region on earth for activists, accounting for 85 per cent of reported murders

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Colombia deadliest country for environmentalists in 2023, rights group says reut.rs/3XiAp8e
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Katie Surma@Katie_Surma9 Sep 2024
‘Appalling Figures’: At least three environmental defenders were killed, on average, per week in 2023, according to a new report from Global Witness insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
‘Appalling Figures’: At Least Three Environmental Defenders Killed Per Week in 2023 - Inside...

‘Appalling Figures’: At Least Three Environmental Defenders Killed Per Week in 2023 - Inside...

In its annual report, Global Witness affirms how dangerous it is to defend nature. More than 2,100 defenders have been murdered since 2012.

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BREAKING 🔴 Over 2,000 land and #EnvironmentalDefenders have been murdered since 2012. 196 of these murders occurred in 2023 alone. We demand immediate action to #DefendTheDefenders gwitness.org/3AYVwVH
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