0 destruction of the natural environment of an area, or very great damage to it:
The long-term effects of this "ecocide" are that in Southern Vietnam around half of the mangrove ecosystems have not recovered.
Acid rain has destroyed millions and millions of acres of forestry all across the region. In fact, in some places one is tempted to call it ecocide.
The UK environmental lawyer is advocating a new law at the UN that would recognise "ecocide" as the fifth "crime against peace".
The lack of suitable laws to prevent ecocide may yet prove to be the Achilles heel of global civilization.
Without such an understanding, we are led to ecocide, the self-destruction of the one ecosphere that sustains all human existence.
The term "possible ecocide" is not too much of an exaggeration.
However throughout the negotiations, other crimes were considered for inclusion, including ecocide.
The existing law of war could be used in the interpretation of what constitutes ecocide.
