<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;line-height:19px">"As the Global Witness study reveals, citizens are often killed, too - especially if they're poor and indigenous." shares David Suzuki from his foundation newsletter.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">It seems noteworthy that, of the 711 environmentalists killed in the last decade (not to mention those harassed and incarcerated), most of these are 'poor and indigenous', and so most vulnerable, where injustice can be most easily hidden. Who is doing the hard, life and livelihood threatening work for the planet, being most overlooked and harmed, by first world desires, methods and culture, here also - </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">as it has been for some time? </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Why reconcile with our elders and hosts, and stand with them?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">George Hardebeck</span></div><div>See link to Global Witness study presenter at Rio in June of 2012:</div>
<a href="http://www.globalwitness.org/library/survey-finds-sharp-rise-killings-over-land-and-forests-rio-talks-open?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokua3PZKXonjHpfsX94%2BwqW7Hr08Yy0EZ5VunJEUWy2oY">http://www.globalwitness.org/library/survey-finds-sharp-rise-killings-over-land-and-forests-rio-talks-open?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokua3PZKXonjHpfsX94%2BwqW7Hr08Yy0EZ5VunJEUWy2oY</a><br>
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