ecocide
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- Definition
- Causes
- Genocide
- Climate change and mass extinction
- Examples
- Vietnam War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Deforestation in Indonesia
- Chernobyl disaster
- Niger Delta oil pollution
- Amazon rainforest deforestation
- Gaza war
- International law
- Efforts to expand international ecocide law
- Notable supporters of ecocide law
- Stop Ecocide International
- History
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- Domestic law
- France
- In popular culture
- Movies
- TV series
- Documentaries
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Ecocide (from Ancient Greek 'home' and Latin 'to kill') is the destruction of the environment by humans. Ecocide threatens all human populations that are dependent on natural resources for maintaining ecosystems and ensuring their ability to support future generations. The Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide describes it 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'.