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Here is the original report [1]. For those of you who quip that the number of environmental activists has also been increasing in recent years (talk about being

• q1w2 5y ago
  It looks like these are mostly journalists being killed covering things like the drug trade or gang activities in developing countries. I don't see any connection to the deaths and climate change.
  • sshine 5y ago
    You’re citing a report that literally doesn’t make that statement. Where do you get this information? Here’s an excerpt about Columbia, where I’d expect drugs to be involved: “Colombia was once again the country with the highest recorded attacks, with 65 defenders killed in 2020.* A third of these attacks targeted indigenous and afro-descendant people, and almost half were against small-scale farmers.” If you don’t see the connection, you’re either not reading the report you’re responding to, or you’re leaving out information.
  • beowulfey 5y ago
    As per the title, you are right that it is not strictly about climate change — they were often environmental activists fighting against destructive land use conditions. You can find more details on page 12 of the official report I linked.
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