- 117 environmental defenders killed so far in 2017 while protecting their community's land or natural resources. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/the-defenders 775 comments worldnews
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- Pope Francis says Amazon indigenous people under greater threat than ever | Pope Francis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/19/pope-francis-amazon-indigenous-people-threat 257 comments
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- 'A rabbit always has to run': Spanish rangers fear for lives after double murder | Environmental activism | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/19/a-rabbit-always-has-to-run-spanish-rangers-fear-for-lives-after-double 54 comments
- Amazon priest who championed land rights for Brazil's poor is arrested | Brazil | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/27/amazon-priest-amaro-lopes-brazil-land-rights-arrested 53 comments
- ‘Death by a thousand cuts’: vast expanse of rainforest lost in 2018 | Deforestation | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/25/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-vast-expanse-rainforest-lost-in-2018 51 comments
- 2017 on course to be deadliest on record for land defenders | Environment | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/11/2017-deadliest-on-record-for-land-defenders-mining-logging 49 comments
- Five park rangers killed in DRC in tragic weekend for wildlife defenders | Environment | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/17/five-park-rangers-killed-in-drc-in-tragic-weekend-for-wildlife-defenders 45 comments
- 'They lied': Bolivia's untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more | Conservation and indigenous people | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/11/they-lied-bolivia-untouchable-amazon-lands-tipnis-at-risk-once-more?cmp=share_androidapp_copy_to_clipboard 24 comments
- Six farmers shot dead over land rights battle in Peru | Land rights | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/six-farmers-shot-dead-over-land-rights-battle-in-peru 22 comments
- Keep off our land, indigenous women tell Ecuador's president | Environment | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/23/keep-off-our-land-indigenous-women-tell-ecuadors-president 18 comments
- Honduran villagers take legal action to stop mining firm digging up graves for gold | Mining | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/28/honduran-villagers-take-legal-action-to-stop-mining-firm-digging-up-graves-for-gold 14 comments
- Gorilla sanctuary workers in eastern DRC kidnapped by militia | Democratic Republic of the Congo | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/07/gorilla-sanctuary-workers-in-eastern-drc-kidnapped-by-militia 13 comments
- UN moves towards recognising human right to a healthy environment | Environmental activism | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/un-moves-towards-recognising-human-right-to-a-healthy-environment 10 comments
- Community leader tortured and killed over land trafficking in Peru | Land rights | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/04/community-leader-jose-napoleon-tarrillo-astonitas-chaparri-tortured-killed-land-trafficking-peru 9 comments
- Surveillance firms spied on campaign groups for big companies, leak shows | Espionage | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/surveillance-firms-spied-on-campaign-groups-for-big-companies-leak-shows 8 comments
- South African community wins court battle over mining rights | South Africa | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/south-african-community-wins-court-battle-over-mining-rights 8 comments
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