The new report from Global Witness identifies Colombia as the most dangerous country for environmental activists, with 60 killed in 2022. The NGO found 177 activists killed globally last year. Latin America accounted for 88% of these deaths. Deaths have slightly declined from 200 globally, but one activist still dies every two days on average. […]
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