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Environmental activist murders set record as 2015 became deadliest year [1]

At least 185 environmental activists were killed last year, the highest annual death toll on record and close to a 60% increase on the previous year, according to a UK-based watchdog.

Publication Date: 
21/06/2016
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Environment Crime [4], Environmentalists [5], Brazil [6], Amazon [7], Deforestation [8], Mining [9], Illegal Trade [10], Timber Smuggling [11], Nicaragua [12], Congo [13], United Kingdom (UK) [14], United States Of America (US) [15], China [16], Philippines [17], Land [18], Wildlife [19]

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