Sentences with phrase «indigenous environmental defenders»
Like women, indigenous environmental defenders often face more risks due to their marginalization, proximity to remaining contested lands, and historical lack of political legitimacy and access to monetary resources.
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Cáceres helped expose the acute vulnerability of indigenous activists in Honduras, the world's most dangerous country per capita to be an environmental or land defender.
The groups challenging President Trump's decision are: League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Alaska Wilderness League, Defenders of Wildlife, Northern Alaska Environmental Center, REDOIL (Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands), Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace and The Wilderness Society.
As of early March, nine environmental defenders have been killed this year, including Purépecha activist Guadalupe Campanur Tapia, who was one of the leaders of an indigenous movement against illegal logging in Cheran, Mexico.
Nearly 40 percent of the environmental defenders murdered in 2016 were indigenous, Global Witness reported.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of HonduEnvironmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduenvironmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH).
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of HonduraEnvironmental Investigation Agency (EIA) mourns the death of Berta Cáceres, a courageous and strategic Lenca leader and environmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduraenvironmental defender who co-founded the Civic Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH)...