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Global Witness

An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared

The mining industry is the sector linked to the most attacks against people trying to protect the environment and their homelands.

By Katie Surma

 People gather for a protest against the disappearance of Mapuche leader and environmental defender Julia Chuñil in front of La Moneda Palace on April 8 in Santiago, Chile. Credit: Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu via Getty Images
Cows graze on deforested land in Madre de Dios, Peru. Credit: Angela Ponce/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As China Touts Green Financing and Climate Goals, Its Banks Are Pouring Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests

By Georgina Gustin
People attend the burial of 14-year-old Colombian environmental activist Breiner David Cucuname, who was shot dead during a rural security patrol on Jan. 14, 2022 in the indigenous community of Las Delicias in Colombia’s Cauca Department. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

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

By Katie Surma
An artisanal cassiterite mine in February 2022 in Manono. The Democratic Republic of Congo is rich with Lithium, an essential mineral for electric car batteries. Credit: Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images

Corruption and Rights Abuses Are Flourishing in Lithium Mining Across Africa, a New Report Finds

By Katie Surma
Protestors demonstrating against the Bolivian government.

Agribusiness Giant Cargill Is in Activists’ Crosshairs for Its Connections to Deforestation in Bolivia

By Georgina Gustin

Bitter Debate over Saving Forests

By Stacy Feldman

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