The Philippines named most dangerous country for environmental activists 

The World

Last year, 164 land and environmental defenders were killed in the Philippines. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Jaybee Garganera, an environmental activist and one of the leaders of Alyansa Tigil Mina, an alliance of mining-affected communities and their civil society support groups, about what it’s like to be an activist in the Philippines.  

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