Nearly 200 Environmentalists Were Murdered for Their Work in 2022, 90% of them in Latin America. Really!

Among them up to 177 "Indigenous land rights advocates" (whatever that exactly is) in Latin America.

"... Over the 11 years that Global Witness has compiled its reports, it has counted nearly 2,000 environmental defenders murdered for their work. But this is almost surely an underestimate, according to Laura Furones, lead author of the 2022 report. ..."

Nearly 200 Environmentalists Were Murdered for Their Work in 2022 - DeSmog New report from Global Witness calls for greater protection of activists on the front lines of the climate crisis.