0 destruction of the natural environment of an area, or very great damage to it:
Proponents for the criminalisation of ascertainable ecocide argue that it will act to prevent it and restore the damage once it is caused and open the doors to sustainable development.
He proposed that such breaches, where deliberate, reckless or negligent, be identified as ecocide where they entail serious, and extensive or lasting, ecological damage; international consequences; and waste.
Ecocide is thought by some green economists to be accelerated by debt instruments which demand a yield greater than the ecological capacity to renew.
Proponents for a law of ecocide argue that to be effective ecocide should be made an international crime.
In the following years making ecocide a crime was examined by working groups and mentioned in several studies.
Here, an individual responsible for the activity which has resulted in ecocide can be identified.
The existing law of war could be used in the interpretation of what constitutes ecocide.
However throughout the negotiations, other crimes were considered for inclusion, including ecocide.
