- Posted to End Ecocide 13,962 people took a pledge destruction
must become a crime. A crime for which individuals and companies
can be held responsible. That crime has a name: Ecocide. Please
click these links: European Citizens' Initiative (only for
European Citizens) What is Ecocide? Ecocide is the extensive
damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given
territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such
an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that
territory has been or will be severely diminished. In other
words, Ecocide is the practice of damaging a natural environment
(ecosystem) at an international, national or local level. What's
our aim? We want Ecocide to become a crime for which companies
and individuals can be held responsible according to criminal
law. With this ECI and Wish 20, we propose that Ecocide becomes
a crime in the following situations: - when Ecocide happens on
European Union and any global territory, including maritime
territories - when EU an