In 2022, the industry in which the most land and environmental defenders worked and got killed by was the agribusiness, with 10 murders connected to this sector. The second sector in which environmentalists questioned or opposed the industry and as a result got killed was mining.
Number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2022, by sector
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Global Witness. (September 13, 2023). Number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2022, by sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/565959/number-of-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-globally-by-sector/
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