Sharp rise in environmental and land killings
▻http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/163-general/52607-report-sharp-rise-in-environmental-and-land-killings-as-pressure
Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002 and 2013 as competition for natural resources intensifies, a new report from Global Witness reveals. In the most comprehensive global analysis of the problem on record, the campaign group has found that at least 908 people are known to have died in this time. Disputes over industrial logging, mining and land rights the key drivers, and Latin America and Asia-Pacific particularly hard hit.
