Endangered Environmentalists

Green groups under threat from governments and corporate actors: As climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction worsen across the globe, environmental groups are responding by ratcheting up the pressure on governments and corporations to act. Many governments have responded by increasing restrictions on environmental NGOs, including revoking charity status, increasing sentences for protestors, and passing legislation restricting NGO activity.

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Indonesian activist freed in hate speech case after flagging illegal shrimp farms

Final cheetah conservationists freed in Iran, but the big cat’s outlook remains grim

Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park

Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion

Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights

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Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’

Climate of fear persists among Nepal’s eco defenders as threats rise

Indigenous chief shot in head in Brazil’s ‘palm oil war’ region; crisis group launched

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