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Benno Hansen @Ecowar_BHansen·

7 Aug

“It’s eerily similar to Covid – vulnerable people are those who have pre-existing or underlying conditions. If you have a heart problem and are hammered for days by the heat, you are going to be pushed towards collapse.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/04/rising-global-temperatures-death-toll-infectious-diseases-study

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5 Aug

A new report found that about 212 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2019 worldwide — a nearly 30 percent rise over 2018 data. https://buff.ly/2XtEW9B

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Global Witness@Global_Witness·

1 Aug

The industries driving attacks against Land & #EnvironmentDefenders across the world:
⛏️ Mining
🌳 Logging
🌽 Large-scale agriculture
We must push the businesses, their financiers and governments to support and protect defenders. http://gwitness.org/act-now

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Global Witness@Global_Witness·

29 Jul

NEW: Last year, 212 Land and #EnvironmentDefenders were murdered whilst defending their homes, their land and the environment against climate-wrecking projects.

2019 was the deadliest year on record.
http://ow.ly/UWzi50AKqJg

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Benno Hansen @Ecowar_BHansen·

30 Jun

Last chance to sign! Forest guards are in lockdown, forest thieves are not. Tell the Romanian government @RO_env to immediately stop illegal logging of Europe’s last old-growth forests #SaveParadiseForests #Romania https://you.wemove.eu/campaigns/romania-save-europe-s-last-large-virgin-forests?utm_campaign=W50a2d7SZa&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share

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