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Environmental protection in Colombia has been hindered by the killings of environmentalists. An environmentalist leading tree nurseries in Colombia's Amazon region was shot and killed, and globally, at least 1,910 environmentalists were killed between 2012 and 2022. Colombia had the highest toll with 60 killings last year. Attacks on environmental activists have led to withdrawal from conservation projects due to violence fears, delaying funds disbursements. The Environment Ministry stated that environmentalists are targeted due to their work posing a threat to illegal activities, affecting and slowing down environmental projects. The killings of environmental activists in Colombia have resulted in worse local deforestation rates than national trends.
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In the year after each killing of an environmental activist in Colombia, deforestation at a local level was worse than national trends, municipal data from local environmental authorities and the Colombian Institute of Meteorology showed https://t.co/SuAfA1ySSP by @OliGGriffin https://t.co/QFCJXXnn2V
Environmentalists are being attacked or killed in Colombia. They're targeted because their work poses a threat to illegal activities, the Environment Ministry told @Reuters, and environmental projects 'can be affected and slowed down due to security risks' https://t.co/iDpJumbJE8 https://t.co/nkoy3Izk3q
Attacks on environmental activists in Colombia left conservation projects adrift, with conservationists withdrawing from environmental protection works because of violence fears, sources told @Reuters, and security issues also delayed funds disbursements https://t.co/0Fy86McTLG https://t.co/Di8HHZODCl
Globally, at least 1,910 environmentalists were killed for their efforts to protect nature against business and criminal interests between 2012 and 2022, according to advocacy group Global Witness. Last year, Colombia had the heaviest toll, 60 killings https://t.co/vCrhVehmSd https://t.co/oCi43j2fmd
An environmentalist who led a network of tree nurseries across Colombia’s Amazon region was shot several times in the abdomen from close range and died instantly, according to witnesses and Colombia’s attorney general’s office. His killing remains unsolved https://t.co/8HyTMGEo6w https://t.co/qaAp7S87MI
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