Why is Honduras the world's deadliest country for environmentalists?

The environment is the new battleground for human rights, and activists are getting caught in the crossfire - particularly in Honduras, where two were killed last month

Since her mother's murder a month ago, Bertha Isabel Zuniga Ciceres has scarcely had time to grieve. The 25-year-old student is adamant that her mother, Berta Ciceres Flores, will not become just one more Honduran environmental activist whose work was cut short by their assassination.

"Development in Honduras cannot continue happen at the expense of indigenous peoples and human rights," says Zuniga Ciceres, who met today with members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and Honduran officials in Washington DC to call for an independent investigation into her mother's killing. She also requested greater protection for her family and members of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, the human rights group her mother co-founded.