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Protecting those who defend the environment is a matter of human rights
2016-06-05 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The enjoyment of a vast range of human rights, including rights to life, health, food, water, and housing, depend on a healthy and sustainable environment. Today, on World Environment Day, let us remember that those who work to protect the environment are not only environmentalists they are human rights defenders. And they are increasingly at risk. As the international demand grows for the exploitation of natural resources in developing countries, so the threats to environmental defenders increase....
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