Defenders of the environment in danger of death
Audio 19:30
Photos of environmental activist Berta Caceres at a support rally during the trial of Roberto David Castillo in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Monday, July 5, 2021. AP - Elmer Martinez
By: Clémentine Pawlotsky
20 mins
Our planet is in bad shape and, more than ever, its defenders are being targeted.
227 environmental activists were murdered last year (2020) across the world.
A record figure revealed this week in the latest report from the NGO Global Witness.
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These crimes particularly affect Latin America - Colombia in the lead - but also Africa and Asia.
Under what conditions do these defenders of the environment lead their fight?
How much responsibility do States have for this violence?
Decryption with:
Élisabeth Schneiter
, journalist at
Reporterre
, author of the book
Les Héros de l'environnement
(Reporterre / Seuil).
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