The number of deaths related to environmental activism has increased (image: Eduardo Santos).
Last year was the deadliest on record for environmental activists, according to new figures released by the UK NGO Global Witness.
The organisation’s latest report documents a “crisis” spreading globally as the number of countries in which killings were recorded countries shot up from 16 to 24. 60% of deaths occurred in Latin America, which means that the region remains the most dangerous one in the world in which to oppose environmental degradation.
