Number of environmental defenders killed increases to 49 in 2019

ALBAY, Philippines – Forty-nine environmental defenders were killed in the Philippines in 2019, according to the yearend report of Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (KPNE). 

The 2019 figure represents a 63% increase from the  30 deaths among environmental defenders recorded in 2018.

Farmers and agricultural workers remained the most targeted, ...