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in 2018,164 people were killed worldwide for defending their land and environment against destructive industries
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Protected land rights defenders
Read the policy brief on criminalisation of defenders by Land Rights Now
There has never been a more critical time to protect land and environmental rights and the people who put their lives on the line to defend them.
More and more ordinary people are finding themselves on the frontline of the battle to defend their land and territories from corporate or state abuse and unsustainable exploitation.
Many violations are invisible, and the situation is set to become worse as competition for access to natural resources and land grabs intensify against a backdrop of extreme global inequality.
ILC members and their partners face threats, criminalisation, violence, and killings for defending the rights of local communities, peasants, pastoralists, and Indigenous Peoples to their land and environment.
ILC is aware that, to tackle the sensitive and fragile situation of land and environmental defenders around the world, a strong network of actors is needed.
What we do
World Food Day: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Mobilize
15 October 2019
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Just and equitable compensation for expropriation of Motlhotlo customary lands
17 March 2021
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Holistic Support for Land and Environmental Defenders in Guatemala
17 March 2022
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land and environmental defenders attacked at higher rates than previously thought
22 April 2022
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From colonialism to COVID-19, indigenous peoples show resilience in the face of evictions
8 August 2020
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Risks to indigenous and other land and environmental defenders heightened during COVID
7 August 2020
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Land and environmental defenders sitting ducks, while world goes into lockdown
22 April 2020
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