Episode 10: Environmental Death

Between 2002 and 2017, 1,558 people across 50 countries were killed for defending their environments and lands; this is more than double the number of United Kingdom and Australian armed service people killed on active duty in war zones over the same period. In this episode I explore some of the research which aims to understand where this is happening and how it can be stopped. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Extinction’ by Jackie Kay here. Find out more about Global Witness here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth