Juntos pelos Defensores Ambientais

This fact sheet describes the Standing Together for Environmental Defenders (STAND) initiative, a collaboration between the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Alliance for Land, Indigenous, and Environmental Defenders (ALLIED) designed to support grassroots environmental defenders facing security risks and systemic barriers.

• Grassroots environmental defenders (DAB) face severe security threats, including physical attacks, assassinations, criminalization, and the loss of property and livelihoods. These risks are particularly acute in nations reliant on large-scale infrastructure or natural resource extraction, where defenders are often targeted by defamation campaigns to erode community support.
• The document identifies several systemic drivers of attacks against environmental defenders, specifically citing corruption, the inadequate enforcement of environmental protection laws, and a lack of recognition of defenders' roles by the private sector and states. Additionally, ineffective access to justice and poor implementation of environmental impact assessments contribute to social conflict and environmental devastation.
• The STAND initiative employs a three-pronged strategy to support defenders: providing co-created training on advocacy, legal accountability, and psychosocial support; establishing the Defender Small Grant Fund (DSGF) to provide financial resources for evidence-based advocacy; and building collaborative partnerships with national and international organizations to strengthen solidarity networks and governance participation.
• The STAND initiative is funded by a grant from the United States Department of State and focuses its planned activities in six specific countries: Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Liberia.

APA

World Resources Institute (2024). Juntos pelos Defensores Ambientais. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2024-03/environmental-defenders-por.pdf?VersionId=CAxneHrTxkmnaIrotipU9GDHD8UX5I0i

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Juntos pelos Defensores Ambientais. 2024. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2024-03/environmental-defenders-por.pdf?VersionId=CAxneHrTxkmnaIrotipU9GDHD8UX5I0i.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2024juntos, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Juntos pelos Defensores Ambientais}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2024}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2024-03/environmental-defenders-por.pdf?VersionId=CAxneHrTxkmnaIrotipU9GDHD8UX5I0i}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }