Defenders of forests and rivers killed at rate of one every three days in 2025, with 85% of deaths in Latin America Nature and land defenders were murdered at the rate of one every three days last year, prompting many communities to set up self-defence units, according to the latest annual death ...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/nature-land-defenders-self-defence-murder-organised-crime)