WHAT IS ECOCIDE? It means mass damage and destruction of ecosystems: STOP ECOCIDE Oil spills. Deforestation. Chemical contamination. Soil depletion. Overfishing. Air pollution. Microplastics… harm to nature which is widespread, severe or systematic. [PAGE 1 OF 2] Climate breakdown and mass extinction are the direct result of ECOCIDE, IN 3.5 MINUTES committed by many of the world's biggest corporations over decades. We know the dangers – at current rates of destruction we are heading for an uninhabitable Earth. We know the costs – to nature and humanity, and especially to those cultures and WHAT DOES ECOCIDE MEAN? populations who are least consulted, most impacted and most exploited, and of course to all future generations. It means mass damage and destruction of ecosystems - Oil spills. Deforestation. Chemical pollution. Soil damage. Overfishing. Air pollution. We know the solutions – renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, circular economy… Plastic waste… harm to nature which is widespread, severe or systematic. and we have the ingenuity and ability to implement them. ECOCIDE, committed by many of the world's biggest corporations over With all this knowledge, WHY does ECOCIDE continue? Quite simply, because it's allowed to. decades, has led directly to climate breakdown and mass extinction. CEO’s have an obligation to maximise profit by any lawful means. We know the dangers: And right now, ECOCIDE is not a crime. It's as simple as that. if we continue as we are, the Earth will no longer be able to sustain human civilisation in the near future We know the costs: IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE RULES to nature and humanity, especially to those already At Stop Ecocide, we work with international criminal lawyers, researchers and small nation most impacted and exploited, and future generations states towards amending the most powerful legal document in the world – the Rome We have the solutions: Statute of the International Criminal Court – to include a crime of ECOCIDE, alongside renewable energy, regenerative farming, circular economy… genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. and the skills to put them in place Already, two climate-vulnerable island states – Vanuatu and the Maldives – have officially With all this knowledge, WHY does ECOCIDE continue? called for serious consideration of such an amendment. Quite simply, because it's allowed to. Public support is crucial to gathering momentum for this simple, powerful CEOs are obliged to maximise profit – by any lawful means. change in the law. We need to call on governments to “Support making And right now, ECOCIDE is not a crime. It's as simple as that. ECOCIDE an international crime.” And YOU can Help …. 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