Ecocide

Ecocide, broadly, a term used to describe severe or large-scale destruction of the natural environment as a consequence of human activity. Although a consistent, widely agreed-on definition of what constitutes ecocide has not yet been arrived at, it may be used to describe irreversible environmental damage due to war as well as deforestation, oil spills, air pollution, nuclear and chemical disasters, and the destruction of endangered species or habitats. Some scholars have even linked ecocide...