Mapping Ecocide

Description

Eco-cide derives from the Greek oikos meaninghouse or home and the Latin caedere meaning strike down, demolish, kill. It literally translates to killing our home. It is defined as the destruction of our natural environment due to extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystems of a given territory. It has been discussed since the 1970s as a potential international Crime Against Peace when it was, amongst others mentioned by the swedish Premier Olof Palme. He commented on the environmental damages caused by the use of Agent Orange by United States forces in Vietnam war. Nevertheless it was excluded from the Rome Statute, which is the fundament of the international criminal court in The Haague.

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Cases

Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, Turkey Potential Ecocide

Alberta Tar Sands, Canada Ecocide

Areva Uranium mining in Imouraren, Niger Potential Ecocide

Bisasar Rd Landfill Site, South Africa Ecocide

Chemical contamination at the Cidade dos Meninos, Duque de Caxias, Brazil Ecocide

Chevron Shale Gas, Romania Potential Ecocide

Chronic pollution in Eloor, Kerala, India Ecocide

Chutka Nuclear Power Plant, India Potential Ecocide

Climate Change Displacement of Native Alaskans, USA Cultural Ecocide Ecocide

Coal power plant Sostanj - TES 6, Slovenia Potential Ecocide

Comuna of Agua Blanca against the poly-oil pipe, Ecuador. Potential Ecocide Cultural Ecocide

Contamination in El Salto, Mexico Ecocide

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, USA Ecocide

Displacement of Gullah Islanders, USA Cultural Ecocide

E-waste in Agbogbloshie, Ghana Ecocide

Emelle nation's largest hazardous waste landfill, USA Ecocide

Enbridge/Northern Gateway Pipeline, Canada Potential Ecocide Cultural Ecocide

Eni Company's 'Food Plus Biodiesel' Palm Oil project in Niari, Congo Potential Ecocide

Equatorial Palm Oil project stalls in Bassa, Liberia Ecocide

Esmeraldas refinery, Ecuador Ecocide

Expanded Nuclear energy, South Africa Potential Ecocide

Exploratory fracking in Arquetu, Cantabria, Spain Potential Ecocide

Fracking Araba - ENARA, Spain Potential Ecocide

Fracking in the Parana Basin, Brazil Potential Ecocide

Fracking Voelkersen, Germany Ecocide

Golden Agri Resources/Golden Veroleum Palm Oil Plantations, Sinoe, Liberia Potential Ecocide

Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant, India Potential Ecocide

Gori/Kori Nuclear Plant 1, South Korea Potential Ecocide

Gyeongju nuclear waste site, South Korea Ecocide

Haida Gwaii Geo-engineering Planktos, BC, Canada Ecocide

Hanhikivi Nuclear Power Plant, Pyhäjoki, Finland Potential Ecocide

Hydraulic fracking, Egypt Potential Ecocide

Hydraulic fracking in the Karoo, South Africa Potential Ecocide

ITER Reactor, France Potential Ecocide

Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant, Maharashtra, India Potential Ecocide

Jubilee Field: oil versus fish, Ghana Ecocide

Kaiga Atomic Power Station, Karnataka, India Potential Ecocide

Krsko Nuclear Power Plant, Slovenia Potential Ecocide

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, India Potential Ecocide

Laguna Verde, Mexico Potential Ecocide

Life after the uranium mines in Buhovo, Bulgaria Ecocide

Lignite mining Cottbus Nord (Lakoma), Germany Ecocide

Lignite mining Garzweiler I, Germany Ecocide

Lignite mining Garzweiler II (Immerath), Germany Ecocide

Lignite mining Jänschwalde (Horno), Germany Ecocide

Lignite mining Nochten II, Germany Potential Ecocide

Lignite mining Welzow-Sued II (Welzow, Proschim), Germany Potential Ecocide

Los Micos Beach and Golf Resort Project, Honduras Cultural Ecocide

Mithivirdi nuclear power station, Bhavnagar, India Potential Ecocide

Mountaintop Mining Removal in West Virginia, USA Ecocide

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Laciana Valley, Spain Ecocide

Mutare City River Pollution, Zimbabwe Ecocide

Tourism development in the Nature Park Stara planina, Serbia Ecocide

Noble Group plans palm oil plantations in Papua, Indonesia Potential Ecocide

Nuclear Power Station in Cofrents, Valencia, Spain Potential Ecocide

Nuclear waste disposal, Bure, Meuse, France Potential Ecocide

Nuclear Waste Storage in Villar de Cañas, Spain Potential Ecocide

OCP-Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline, Ecuador Potential Ecocide

Oil and gas prospections in the Balearic Sea, Spain Potential Ecocide

Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, USA Potential Ecocide

Oil exploitation in Campo del Libertador, Ecuador Ecocide

Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant, Euraåminne, Finland Potential Ecocide

Paks Nuclear plant expansion, Hungary Potential Ecocide

Paladin Africa uranium mine Karonga, Malawi Cultural Ecocide Ecocide

Polska BNK Petroleum Fracking, Poland Potential Ecocide

“Protect Kok-Zhailau”, Ile-Alatau State National nature park, Kazakhstan Potential Ecocide

Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS), India Potential Ecocide

Red Frog Beach Tourist Complex, Panama Cultural Ecocide

Rio Tinto's Rössing Uranium Mine, Namibia Ecocide

Shale gas and fracking, Denmark Potential Ecocide

Shale Gas Fracking on Île Anticosti, Quebec, Canada Potential Ecocide

Soda ash mining in Lake Natron, Tanzania Potential Ecocide

Toxic waste dumping in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ecocide

Toxic Waste Landfill in Kettleman City, USA Potential Ecocide

Trans-Panama Pipeline, Panama Potential Ecocide Ecocide

Uranium mine reopening in Pecs, Hungary Potential Ecocide

Uranium mining in Caetite, Brazil Ecocide

Uranium Mining in Jadugoda, Jharkhand, India Ecocide

Uranium Mining in Meghalaya, India Potential Ecocide

Wilmar International sugar plantations in Meraukee, Papua, Indonesia Potential Ecocide

Yasuni National Park - ITT oil extraction, Ecuador Ecocide

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