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Ecocide

"Ecocide: The extensive damage, destruction to or loss of ecosystems 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 severely diminished." 

The crime of ecocide - environmental destruction - which is being considered by the UN from submission by British lawyer Polly Higgins.

— Polly higgins

Damian Carrington blog The Guardian