illegal logging

The deaths are part of a growing trend in the assassination of people defending the environment, in Mexico and globally.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is driven largely by criminal networks that use violence and intimidation against those who try to stop them, and the government is failing to protect both the defenders and the rainforest itself, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.

The independence of the Peruvian forest oversight agency has been significantly weakened.

The park is home to one of the largest populations of the critically endangered Bornean orangutan and its peatlands are hugely important carbon stocks.