KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 1,910 environmental activists have been killed for their efforts to protect nature against business and criminal interests between 2012 and 2022, a UK-based watchdog Global Witness has said in a report.
According to Reuters, the group said these environmental activists were murdered because they advocated for protection of nature against commercial and illegal interests.
In 2022 alone, 177 environmental activists were murdered, or roughly one every other day, according to Global Witness.
“Violence, intimidation, and harassment are also being inflicted to silence defenders around the world,” Shruti Suresh, of Global Witness, said in a . . .
