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98 environmental defenders have been killed so far in 2017
while protecting their community’s land or natural resources
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record the deaths of all these people, whether they be wildlife rangers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or indigenous land rights activists in Brazil.
At this current rate, chances are that four environmental defenders will be killed this week somewhere on the planet.
Some of the latest to have died…