eco-terrorism
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Eco-terrorism is an act of violence which is committed in support of environmental causes, against people or property.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- radical environmentalism
- Has part
- sabotage
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- topic's main category
- Category:Eco-terrorism
- uses
- direct action
- significant person
- Edward Abbey
- has goal
- environmental protection
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Eco-terrorism, civil disobedience, and sabotage
- Philosophy
- Examples of tactics
- Notable individuals convicted of eco-terrorist crimes
- Groups accused
- Organizations in the United States
- US Government's response
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Eco-terrorism is an act of violence which is committed in support of environmental causes, against people or property.
Eco-terrorism is a form of radical environmentalism that arose out of the same school of thought that brought about deep ecology, ecofeminism, social ecology, and bioregionalism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “eco-terrorism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.