What is it about?
As threats to the environment increase across Latin America, new laws and police practices are being used against the front line activists defending their land and resources.
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Why is it important?
As climate change increases and struggles over land and resource rights deepen, more and more people in Latin America, from family farmers to indigenous communities, are speaking out. This article documents how those activists are also facing increased efforts to silence their work, including the deployment of the justice system against them.
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The experiences of resilience and resistance of the activists profiled in this article are sure to inspire readers, as they did me.
Moira Birss
Tufts University
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This page is a summary of: Criminalizing Environmental Activism, NACLA Report on the Americas, July 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10714839.2017.1373958.
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