Guatemala was also among the most unsafe countries for environmental defenders.
In 2018, at least 20 land activists or environmentalists were murdered in Brazil. A year earlier, the homicide of 57 citizens fighting in land conflicts or for environmental causes had been documented, which made it the deadliest year for Brazil based on this type of politically-motivated murder since 2013. In 2018, Number of land activists and environmental defenders murdered in Brazil from 2013 to 2018
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Global Witness, & BBC. (July 31, 2019). Number of land activists and environmental defenders murdered in Brazil from 2013 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/883900/number-activists-murdered-brazil/
Global Witness, und BBC. "Number of land activists and environmental defenders murdered in Brazil from 2013 to 2018." Chart. July 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883900/number-activists-murdered-brazil/
Global Witness, BBC. (2019). Number of land activists and environmental defenders murdered in Brazil from 2013 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883900/number-activists-murdered-brazil/
Global Witness, and BBC. "Number of Land Activists and Environmental Defenders Murdered in Brazil from 2013 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883900/number-activists-murdered-brazil/
Global Witness & BBC, Number of land activists and environmental defenders murdered in Brazil from 2013 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883900/number-activists-murdered-brazil/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Number of land activists and environmental defenders murdered in Brazil from 2013 to 2018 [Graph], Global Witness, & BBC, July 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/883900/number-activists-murdered-brazil/