ecocide

• “Recognizing the long-term and wide-spread impacts caused by such degradation, experts have coined the term ecocide, literally meaning the killing of the environment.”

  TreeHugger

• “The word ecocide comes from Greek as well, 'oikos', meaning 'house', and 'cidium', meaning to 'slay' or 'destroy'.”

  newmatilda.com - Comments

• “Polly Higgins, the lawyer behind the idea of ecocide, is on the board of DESERTEC”

  Planet Gore on National Review Online

• “She also describes ecocide, which is the deliberate destruction of natural places as a war tactic.”

  Planetsave

• “You have a kind of ecocide where huge infrastructural projects are causing a drop in the water table.”

  The Huffington Post: Arundhati Roy's Version of Disaster in "This Year of India"

• “CANCUN, Mexico AP — Delegates from almost 200 nations worked Thursday to clear away a host of disputes and to take small steps forward in easing the impact of climate change at a conference whose limited goals drew an accusation of "ecocide" from Bolivia's President Evo Morales.”

  The Huffington Post: Evo Morales: 'Ecocide' Will Result From Governments Avoiding Strong Emissions Reductions At COP 16 Climate Change Conference

• “Bolivian delegate Pablo Solon protested that the weak pledges of the Copenhagen Accord condemned the Earth to temperature increases of up to 4 degrees Celsius 7.2 F, saying that is tantamount to "ecocide" that could cost millions of lives.”

  The Huffington Post: UN Climate Deal Marks A Tiny Step Forward For Fighting Climate Change

• “Any human destruction of nature is described as "ecocide" like genocide.”

  From On High

• “Although diverse in nature and context, these four societies experienced what Diamond calls "ecocide," unintentional ecological suicide.”

  Archive 2004-12-26

• “UK campaign says 'ecocide' is fifth crime against peace”

  Taipei Times

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