“Currently, there are four crimes recognized by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC): genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression. 

Now, a group of advocates wants to add a fifth ecocide defined as “mass damage and destruction of ecosystems – severe harm to nature which is widespread or long-term,” according to Stop Ecocide International.”

By Olivia Rosane for EcoWatch, 30/09/2022