Lockdowns didn’t stop 2020 being deadliest year yet for earth defenders

Mongabay
Sep 13, 2021, 12:20 pm219 pts
Despite COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, 2020 set a new record for the deadliest year for land and environmental defenders, Global Witness said Sept. 13. It’s the second year in a row that the death toll reported by the advocacy group was the highest since it began tracking data in 2004. In all, the world…

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