Environmental and land defenders killed in 2016: the full list

Environmental and land defenders killed in 2016: the full list | Environment

Environmental and land defenders killed in 2016: the full list | Environment

Bangladesh

Anowarul Islam (Angur)

Mortuza Ali

ZagerAhmed

Zaker Hossain

Shyamal Hembrom (Shyamal Soren)

Mangal Mardi (Mongol Madri)

Ramesh Tudu

Brazil

Nilce de Souza MagalhÃ£es (Nicinha)

Edmilson Alves da Silva

Enilson Ribeiro dos Santos

Valdiro Chagas de Moura

Allysson Henrique Lopes (BÃ¡)

Ruan Hildebran Aguiar

IraÃºna Kaâ€™apor

Roni dos Santos Miranda (Rony)

Francisca das Chagas Silva

Marcus Vinicius de Oliveira (Marcus Matraga)

Luis AntÃ´nio Bonfim

Aponuyre Guajajara

ZÃ© Sapo

Vilmar Bordim

Leomar Bhorbak

Ivanildo Francisco da Silva

Fernando Gamela

GenÃ©sio Guajajara

JoÃ£o Pereira de Oliveira (JoÃ£o Bigode)

Deforestation in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. — Deforestation in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Photograph: Reuters

IsaÃas Guajajara

Joel Martins GaviÃ£o KrenyÃª

Assis Guajajara (Silvio Assis Guajajara)

JosÃ© Bernardo da Silva (Zuza)

Nivaldo Batista Cordeiro

Jesser Batista Cordeiro

Geraldo de Campos Bandeira

LuÃs Carlos da Silva

Cleidiane Alves Teodoro

Alexsandro dos Santos Gomes

Jaison Caique Sampaio

Clodiodi Aquileu Rodrigues de Souza (Clodioude, Clodiode)

Valdomiro Lopes de Lorena

JoÃ£o Luiz de Maria Pereira

Genivaldo Braz do Nascimento (Ninja)

JosÃ© Lisboa

Candide Zaraky Tenetehar/Guajajara

Ronair JosÃ© de Lima

Luiz Jorge AraÃºjo

Luciano Ferreira de Andrade

Isaque Dias Ferreira

Edilene Mateus Porto

JosÃ© Queiros Guajajara

SebastiÃ£o Pereira dos Santos

JoÃ£o NatalÃcio Xukuru-Kariri

LuÃs Alberto AraÃºjo

JosÃ© Dias de Oliveira Lopes Guajajara

Luiz Viana Lima

JosÃ© ColÃrio Oliveira Guajajara

Geraldo Lucas

Cameroon

Bruce Danny Ngongo

China

Lei Yang

Colombia

Johan Alexis Vargas

Henry PÃ©rez

AnÃbal Coronado

VÃctor AndrÃ©s FlÃ³rez

Maricela TombÃ©

William Alexander OimÃ© AlarcÃ³n (Williar)

William Castillo Chima

Gil de JesÃºs Silgado

Orlando Olave

AdriÃ¡n Quintero

Cristian Anacona Castro

JesÃºs Adilio Mosquera Palacios

Manuel Dolores Pino PerafÃ¡n

Manuel ChimÃ¡ PÃ©rez

Illegal emerald mining, Colombia. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

Willington Quibarecama Naquirucama

Marco Aurelio DÃaz

GersaÃn CerÃ³n

Amado GÃ³mez

Evaristo Dagua Troches

Camilo Roberto Taicus Bisbicusm

Luciano Pascal GarcÃa

Alberto Pascal GarcÃa

Diego Alfredo ChirÃ¡n Nastacuas

Joel Meneses

Ariel Sotelo

Nereo Meneses (Nero, Mereo)

Cecilia Coicue

Nestor Ivan Martinez

Ramiro Culma Carepa

Yimer ChÃ¡vez Rivera

Jhon Jairo Rodriguez

JosÃ© Antonio Velasco Taquinas

Erley Monroy Fierro

Didier Losada Barreto

Democratic Republic of the Congo

A mountain gorilla at the Virunga National Park. — A mountain gorilla at the Virunga national park where many rangers have been killed defending wildlife from poachers. Photograph: Luanne Cadd/AFP/Getty Images

Sebinyenzi Bavukirahe Yacinthe

Fidele Mulonga Mulegalega

Venant Mumbere Muvesevese

Vincent Machozi

Richard Sungudikpio Ndingba

Rigobert Anigobe Bagale

DieudonnÃ© Tsago Matikuli

Jules Kombi Kambale

Munganga Nzonga Jacques

Patrick Prince Muhayirwa

Guatemala

Walter Manfredo MÃ©ndez Barrios

HÃ©ctor Joel Saquil Choc

Juan Mateo Pop Cholom

Benedicto GutiÃ©rrez

Daniel Choc Pop

Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima

Honduras

People honuor the late assassinated environmentalist Berta CÃ¡ceres with a religious ceremony on the Gualcarque River, Hondurans. Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

JosÃ© PantaleÃ³n Alvarenga GaldÃ¡mez

Elvin Joel Palencia Fuentes

Roberto Carlos Palencia Fuentes

NahÃºn Alberto MorazÃ¡n Sagastume

Santos Filander Matute

Berta CÃ¡ceres

Jairo RamÃrez

Nelson NoÃ© GarcÃa LaÃnez

Rufino Alexis Bulnes MejÃa

Allan Reyneri MartÃnez PÃ©rez

Manuel Milla

Lesbia Yaneth Urquia

JosÃ© Ãngel Flores

Silmer Dionisio George

India

Manda Katraka

Narendra Kumar Sharma

Sidheshwar Singh

Sheik Baji Sahid

Dadli Lazar

Adangu Gomango

Jagdish Binjwar

Ram Lakhan Mahato

Dashrath Nayak

Anjuma Khatun

Fakhruddin

Mehtab Ansari

Ranjan Kumar Das

Abhishek Roy

Pawan Kumar

Abraham Munda

Iran

Mohammad Dehghani

Parviz Hormozi

Manouchehr Shojaei

Ireland

Michael McCoy

Malaysia

Bill Kayong

Mexico

Baldomero EnrÃquez Santiago

Alejandro Nolasco Orta

Salvador Olmos GarcÃa

Myanmar

Naw Chit Pandaing

Soe Moe Tun

Nicaragua

Rudy Manuel Centeno SolÃs

Gerardo Chale Allen

Nelin Pedro Parista

Francisco Benlis Flores

Bernicia Dixon Peralta

Francisco Benlis Peralta

Francisco Joseph

Balerio Meregildo

Ãngel Flores

Rey MÃ¼ller

Den Silwa

Pakistan

Zafar Lund

Peru

Quintino Cerceda

Pedro Valle Sandoval

Philippines

Jover Lumisod

Benjie Sustento

Ricky PeÃ±aranda

Illegal gold mining in the Philippines. Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

Alibando Tingkas

Christopher Matibay

Teresita Navacilla

Jennifer Albacite

Ronel Paas

Michael Sib-ot

Edjan Talian

Rolan Lonin Casiano

Datu Mansulbadan Lalinan

Gloria Capitan

Remar Mayantao

Senon Nacaytuna

Rogen Suminao

Hermie Alegre

Makinit Gayoran

Jerry â€œDandanâ€ Layola

Jimmy Mapinsahan Barosa

Baby Mercado

Violeta Mercado

Eligio Barbado

Gaudencio Bagalay

Ariel Diaz

Arnel Figueroa

Jimmy Saypan

Joselito â€œAnoyâ€ Pasaporte

South Africa

Sikhosiphi â€œBazookaâ€ Rhadebe

Wizani Baloyi

Tanzania

Roger Gower

Thailand

Den Khamlae

Uganda

Anthony Twesigye

Vietnam

Le Dinh Tue

Zimbabwe

Kennedy Zvavahera

This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will record the deaths of people who are killed while defending their land, forests, rivers or wildlife â€" most often against the harmful impacts of industry. We will also report on the stories of some of the land and environmental defenders still under attack. You can see the names of those who have died so far this year here. You can read more from the project here.