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Defenders of the Earth
… compared to 16 in 2015 > Mining remains the most dangerous sector – with 33 defenders killed after having opposed mining … killings – 33 by the police and 10 by the military –with private actors, such as security guards and hitmen, linked to … while landowners appeared to be behind 26 attacks. Private security guards seem to have been involved in 14 …
The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… and skyrocketed to become the world’s fourth largest crime sector in a few decades, growing at 2-3 times the pace of the … trend has but increased. Of particular concern is that private compa- nies can, and do, buy the right to register … Reserve, Fazenda União Biological Reserve and in some private land through the Rein- troduction Program.221 The …