Defending the environment can be a death sentence
More than 1,700 environmental and land defenders have been killed in the last decade. Most of them were Indigenous people — and most were in Latin America, a DW analysis shows.
In this repository, you will find the methodology, data and code behind the story that came out of this analysis.
Story by Julett Pineda.
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Dataset
The file database.xlsx contains the data our analysis is based on. For further information about its structure please refer to the Metadata sheet in the file.
Data source
Global Witness
Global Witness is an international NGO focusing on environmental destruction and the human rights issues assosiated with it. Their database documents killings of land and environmental defenders between 2012 and 2021. They identify cases through a combination of publicly available databases and and news reports and a network of local and regional organizations.
Interview partners
For this story, we spoke to:
- Antonio de Oliveira, executive secretary of Brazil's Indigenous Missionary Council
- Jon Bonifacio, environmental activist in Manila, Philippines