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Ecocide (Greek oikos- home and Latin cadere – to kill) is the destruction of the environment by humans. Ecocide threatens all human populations who are dependent on natural resources for maintaining ecosystems and ensuring their ability to support future generations.
30. Aug. 2021 · The expert panel defines ecocide as: “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts”.
Ecocide is unlawful or wanton acts causing severe and widespread or long-term damage to the environment. The panel proposes a legal formula for ecocide as a fifth crime against peace and security of humanity, based on strong legal precedents and public consultation.
Ecocide is broadly understood as mass damage and destruction of nature, a root cause of the climate and ecological emergency that we now face. While most human interaction with the environment creates some level of impact, ecocide refers only to the very worst harms, usually on a major industrial scale or impacting a huge area.
25. Apr. 2023 · Instead, ecocide in the IEP's definition concerns “acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood” of environmental harm. The IEP justifies these lower requirements by explaining that the “certainty” standard was “too narrow,” replacing it with a standard based upon risk assessment in which the ...
Ecocide – which literally means “killing the environment” – is an idea that seems both a highly radical and, campaigners claim, a reasonable one. The theory is that no one should...
30. Juni 2021 · Rebecca Clarke. Published June 30, 2021. Peter Summers / Getty Images. Ecocide refers to the mass destruction/damage to ecosystems or harm to the health of species caused...
