Blog Post | December 10, 2024 The EU must use trade deals to protect environmental defenders The shift away from fossil fuels needs to be a just transition not only for workers, but also for people living near mining sites
Article | December 03, 2024 How the militarisation of mining threatens Indigenous defenders in the Philippines The Philippines’ mining industry is open for business. But with skyrocketing global demand for minerals – critical for the transition to green energy - Indigenous groups and the country’s rich biodiversity are increasingly at risk
Press Release | December 03, 2024 Rush for critical minerals in Philippines threatens Indigenous communities and biodiversity Indigenous communities and biodiversity hotspots are bearing the brunt of mineral exploitation in the Philippines
Article | November 13, 2024 “Whenever a typhoon approaches, we secure our livelihoods”: Philippines fisherfolk face food shortages as climate crisis worsens
Statement | August 13, 2024 Philippines Court of Appeals ruling raises concerns over safety of environmental defenders
Press Release | September 14, 2023 Two Filipino environmental advocates violently abducted after opposing controversial airport project
Statement | August 11, 2023 Joint statement on suspension of reclamation projects in Manila Bay, Philippines
Statement | July 12, 2023 Global Witness strongly condemns the criminalisation of four land and environmental activists as ‘terrorists’ in the Philippines
Blog Post | July 01, 2023 Seven years after the murder of Gloria Capitan our struggle has grown into a climate movement
Briefing Document | August 20, 2018 Voluntary guidelines for agribusiness, and their relevance to defenders
Press Release | December 03, 2024 Rush for critical minerals in Philippines threatens Indigenous communities and biodiversity
Press Release | September 14, 2023 Two Filipino environmental advocates violently abducted after opposing controversial airport project
Press Release | April 28, 2020 ‘Material risks growing’ for businesses failing to engage with human rights defenders
Press Release | September 24, 2019 Global Witness statement on Philippines government response to 'Defending the Philippines'
Press Release | September 24, 2019 New investigation reveals failure in government’s promises to Filipino citizens on corporate greed and the environment; as attacks against land and environmental defenders escalate
Press Release | September 20, 2019 Global Witness statement on Kalikasan and Center for Environmental Concerns Philippines
Press Release | September 18, 2019 Revealed: Del Monte Philippines' growers implicated in violent attacks against indigenous activists as attacks against land and environmental defenders escalate
Press Release | December 19, 2018 Filipino defender receives prestigious Alexander Soros Foundation Award – as indigenous activists mark a year since army massacre
Blog Post | July 01, 2023 Seven years after the murder of Gloria Capitan our struggle has grown into a climate movement
Blog Post | October 18, 2022 ‘Not just a climate change statistic’: Derek Cabe on the frontline of the climate crisis in the Philippines
Blog Post | July 26, 2022 Missing: Environmental and human rights policies notably absent from Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first state of nation address