Killings of environmental defenders on the rise in the Philippines

Mongabay
Dec 10, 2019, 6:15 am367 pts
MANILA — Named the most dangerous country in the world for land and environmental defenders, the Philippines has become an even deadlier place for activists in 2019, with 46 recorded deaths so far this year, according to the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE), a local NGO. The…

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