Philippine officials not spared as attacks on environmental defenders persist

Mongabay
Nov 8, 2019, 9:05 am670 ptsHot
MANILA — The Philippine government has condemned the killing of an environmental official by unknown assailants last month — the fifth such incident this year, all of them related to illegal logging, in a country rated as the most dangerous for environmental defenders. The perpetrators shot Ronaldo Corpuz,…

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