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UN rights expert calls on countries to comply with laws that protect environment defenders

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2016-12-09

8 December 2016 – Governments must abide by the existing laws that protect indigenous and local communities who are stewards of key natural resources from which all humankind benefits, a United Nations human rights expert told the UN Conference on Biological Diversity today.

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