Ecocide is the act of people destroying the environmental resources on which their lives and societies depend on, by either deliberate or negligent human action.

In a criminal context, it is defined as unlawful or reckless acts committed with the knowledge that there is a high likelihood of causing severe damage to the environment.

Ten nations have codified ecocide as a crime, and it has been proposed that ecocide be punishable by the International Criminal Court.

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“An organism at war with itself is doomed.” Carl Sagan

04.04.2022 / UCLA Law / The Crime of Ecocide

27.06.2021 / NPR / How 165 Words Could Make Mass Environmental Destruction An International Crime

Wikipedia / Ecocide