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“The exercise of human rights helps to protect the environment, and a healthy environment helps to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights“
– Prof. John Knox
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Around the world, those who defend the environment and the human rights that depend on it face all types of obstacles, challenges and threats. Overcoming adversity, environmental, land and indigenous defenders have been working to change the lives of many.
Environmental, land and indigenous defenders
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The environment is a new battleground for human rights. As demand for products like timber, minerals and palm oil continues to rise, governments, companies and criminals are exploiting land with little regard for the people who live on it.
ALLIED
ALLIED was formed to build a bridge between international, national and local work, and overcome gaps between siloed communities who may be failing to build on each other’s work