In 2020, the industry in which the most land and environmental defenders worked and got killed by is Logging with 23. The second sector in which environmentalist questioned or opposed the industry and as a result got killed was water and dams. 112 murders had no confirmation on which sector they worked in.
Number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020, by sector
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Global Witness. (September 13, 2021). Number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020, by sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/565959/number-of-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-globally-by-sector/
Global Witness. "Number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020, by sector." Chart. September 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/565959/number-of-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-globally-by-sector/
Global Witness. (2021). Number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020, by sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/565959/number-of-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-globally-by-sector/
Global Witness. "Number of Land and Environmental Defenders Killed Globally in 2020, by Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/565959/number-of-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-globally-by-sector/
Global Witness, Number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020, by sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/565959/number-of-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-globally-by-sector/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020, by sector [Graph], Global Witness, September 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/565959/number-of-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-globally-by-sector/