#EHRDs face grave risks for their work, including killings, arbitrary detention, criminalization, and #SLAPPs. Some also face reprisals for engaging in international climate fora.
Those defending the environment must be protected & empowered. Their participation matters.

Environmental human rights defenders #EHRDs remain among those most at risk.
Costa Rica delivered a statement, co-sponsored by 39 States, calling for better protection & for the safe, meaningful & inclusive participation of EHRDs in decision-making incl. #COP31, #COP17 & #GFCIC1.

Patient, hands-on, communal. The grinding stone isn't just a tool, it's how generations before us turned food into care, one household at a time. #IndegenousKnowledge deserves more than a reminder. It deserves to be passed on. #HealingUndertheTrees #JoyAndWellbeing #EHRDs #UMIFund