Every week, four people are killed defending the earth. Our mission is for everyone who protects lands, water and forests to be safe and free.

Prey Preah Roka forest, Cambodia, forest funeral. Photo by Ma Chettra, 2021.

Use Your Voice: Land invasion of Maasai territory in Loliondo

What we do

N1M is a defenders network that connects at-risk activists with support. Building from the frontline we create conferences, safety and psycho-social support, legal action, and emergency responses that care for the whole person. N1M works in the UK, Cambodia, Guinea-Bissau and Brazil.

Spotlight: Forest Defenders Conference

The Forest Defenders Conference series is steadily building an international network to articulate the needs, successes and demands of frontline defenders. We create a safe and ins...
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Spotlight: UK

Not1More in the UK aims to investigate and understand how the “chilling effect” is undermining the right to protest in the UK. Following two years of research with those who have b...
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Spotlight: Guinea Bissau

The defender-led group Nos Recursos (Our Resources) works in partnership with Not1More in Guinea-Bissau. The major focus for Nos Recursos and environmental defenders in the country...
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Spotlight: Cambodia

Our network in Cambodia is called FRONT: People’s Alliance For Open Society. We work closely with local communities and frontline defenders to conduct public advocacy campaigns, me...
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Spotlight: Brazil

Brazil is one of the most dangerous places for environmental defenders, with 342 people killed in the last decade. Our work in Brazil builds upon a foundation of research and colla...
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Report: COVID19 and Impacts on Environmental Human Rights

UNEP and UNOHCHR 2022 This report examines the positive and negative impacts of the decrees, laws and other government policies on environmental rights that were either enacted in ...
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Mapping the ‘violence footprint’ of UK-listed companies and their...

Project: Mapping the ‘violence footprint’ of UK-listed companies and their...

SSRP-funded project investigating how UK companies’ activities relate to violence toward environmental defenders in Cambodia, and the impact on global efforts to reach the Sustaina...
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Project: Atmospheres of Violence

‘Sustainable’ Development and Atmospheres of Violence: Experiences of Environmental Defenders Principal Investigator: Dr Mary Menton, University of Sussex Funded by The British Ac...
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Book: Environmental Defenders: Deadly Struggles for Life and Territory

eds. Mary Menton and Philippe Le Billon 2021 This book is about environmental defenders and the violence they face while seeking to protect their land and the environment. Between ...
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Thank you

We would like to thank the many incredible people across the world fighting to protect human rights and the environment. Our gratitude goes in particular to our partner organisations – Instituto Zé Claudio e Maria, Front, Cambodian Youth Network and Our Resources – and our volunteers and funders, for their invaluable work and support.