Stop Ecocide International
@stopecocide.bsky.social
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Driving the global conversation around
#ecocidelaw
, the criminalisation of mass harm to nature.
Going to #IUCNCongress in #AbuDhabi this week? Find the Stop Ecocide International team at Booth 121 throughout + at this panel discussion at #NaturePositive Pavilion on Sunday 12 Oct! Info:
www.stopecocide.eart...
#IUCNCongress
#AbuDhabi
about 1 month ago
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"The DRC, profoundly affected by #ecocide, stands as the voice of Africa against ecological devastation" CEO of the Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, discusses #EcocideLaw advocacy in #GHANA & across Africa! Full modern ghana web pieceđź”—
www.modernghana.com/...
#ecocide,
#EcocideLaw
#GHANA
#StopEcocide
about 1 month ago
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"Alongside the crime of genocide, another great horror unfolds: ecocide" @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discusses #ecocide in #Gaza & calls for international criminal accountability in an article for the Guardian Available here:
www.theguardian.com/...
#ecocide
#Gaza
#StopEcocide
#EcocideLaw
about 1 month ago
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Rounding off a brilliant week at FESTACAFRICA 2025, a major festival of African culture in #Accra, #Ghana! 🌍 Jojo Mehta & Youth for Ecocide Law Co-Lead Debbie Buyaki were there with House Of Tammam's One Dress: PLANET. About #EcocideLaw:
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#Accra,
#Ghana!
#EcocideLaw:
#StopEcocide
about 1 month ago
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Breaking: In his speech to the UN General Assembly, DRC's President Félix Tshisekedi reaffirmed his country’s support for #ECOCIDELAW. Read the full story HERE:
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#ECOCIDELAW.
#StopEcocide
about 2 months ago
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"Environmental defenders face prosecution while the most egregious crimes against nature escape justice" Pia Björstrand writes in a new compelling new #EcocideLaw guest blog. Read it HERE🔗
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#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
about 2 months ago
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“This legislation may well serve as the foundation for a new era of marine legal protection”🌊 This article from Seasaver positions #Scotland's Ecocide Bill as a game-changer for ocean conservation in Scotland and globally. Full article🔗
blueplanetsociety.or...
#Scotland's
#StopEcocide
about 2 months ago
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Essential WEBINAR debrief on last week's Africa Climate Summit! Join @EcocideLawYouth to find out how #EcocideLaw conversations progressed at #ACS2 in Addis Ababa. 📅 Weds 24 September ⏰13:00 UK/ 15:00 Kenya Register:
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#EcocideLaw
#ACS2
#StopEcocide
about 2 months ago
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#Ecocidelaw: “a new global framework within which companies are SUPPORTED in their moves toward sustainability" Writes @Pension4Purpose CEO, Charlotte O'Leary, in a piece for @FastCompany. Read HERE:
fastcompany.com/9118...
#Ecocidelaw:
#StopEcocide
about 2 months ago
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"Protecting the rainforest is protecting life, peace, and the future of us all." - @ManuelMavisoy, Secretary General of the Traditional Indigenous Authorities of Colombia @GobiernoMayor calls for #EcocideLaw. #Forests4EcocideLaw:
www.stopecocide.eart...
#EcocideLaw.
#Forests4EcocideLaw:
#StopEcocide
about 2 months ago
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There is a nature-shaped hole in international criminal law. The proposal by Pacific Island states to make #ecocide the fifth international crime at the ICC would change that. Learn more đź”—
www.stopecocide.eart...
#ecocide
#StopEcocide
about 2 months ago
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When ecosystems are destroyed, communities lose their homes, livelihoods, and futures. Criminalising this mass environmental destruction through #EcocideLaw protects what we all depend on: a living planet. Learn more HEREđź”—
www.stopecocide.eart...
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
2 months ago
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Are you a young person? 🙋 Do you want to see accountability for senior decision makers when they inflict severe & reckless harm on the environment? Take action by joining Youth for Ecocide Law today! Learn more/ join HERE🔗
linktr.ee/Youth4Ecoc...
#StopEcocide
2 months ago
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The ICC prosecutes genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity + the crime of aggression. Do YOU agree that #ECOCIDE, mass destruction of the living world, should be added? Join the global movement & support this mission!
stopecocide.earth
#ECOCIDE,
#StopEcocide
2 months ago
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"Civil damages cannot restore a vanished ecosystem. Criminal accountability is the missing piece" In a new guest blog. Ninsiima Louis Kandahura & Calvin Stewart Obita explore how #EcocideLaw could fill #Uganda's accountability gaps. Readđź”—
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#EcocideLaw
#Uganda's
#StopEcocide
2 months ago
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We’ll be at Africa Climate Summit #ACS2 next week with this #EcocideLaw side event! With distinguished speakers incl. the #DRC & #Burundi's environment ministers. 📅 2pm, Mon 8 Sept 📍Room AP2 More info🔗
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#ACS2
#EcocideLaw
#DRC
#Burundi's
#StopEcocide
#ACS2ET
2 months ago
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“Recognition of #ecocide is pivotal for the effective enjoyment of #humanrights” - Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Watch his full intervention (at 17:45):
www.youtube.com/watc...
#ecocide
#humanrights”
#StopEcocide
2 months ago
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"Suffering some of the worst effects of #climatechange, #Vanuatu, #Fiji + #Samoa submitted a proposal to the #ICC in September to recognise ecocide" Learn more in this Context Newsroom piece. Articleđź”—
www.context.news/nat...
#climatechange,
#Vanuatu,
#Fiji
#Samoa
#ICC
#StopEcocide
#EcocideLaw
3 months ago
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Danish followers! 🇩🇰📢 Don't miss this timely (in-person) event at aarhus festuge about #ecocide and #nature, THIS Sunday, 31 August. Feat. a talk by architect Søren Nielsen & debate between municipal election candidates. Full info:
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#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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"The case of the penguins was the main basis for the first #ecocide bill to be introduced in #Argentina" 🇦🇷 Rodrigo Lledó, Americas Director at Stop Ecocide International, writes in a new guest blog. Read it HERE 🔗
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#ecocide
#Argentina"
#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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Imagine a world where the most severe environmental destruction carries real accountability. #EcocideLaw is making this a reality & creating a powerful deterrent that protects our ecosystems. Learn moređź”—
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#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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In 2021, independent experts formulated a groundbreaking legal definition of ecocide, which is now being used as the basis for legislation worldwide. Aboutđź”—
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#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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Why protect nature with criminal law (#EcocideLaw)? Criminal law: 👼 Shapes moral boundaries 🤵 Creates personal accountability 💰 Redirects financial flows More🔗
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#EcocideLaw)?
3 months ago
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#Ecocide = mass destruction of nature. The movement to CRIMINALISE ecocide is gaining global momentum. Read @damiengayle.bsky.social 's @theguardian.com explainer:
www.theguardian.com/...
Are you hopeful about #EcocideLaw progress? Stay updatedđź”—
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#Ecocide
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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FOLK MUSIC FOR THE EARTH 🎵 EARTH SONGS is the enchanting songbook by the folk singer/ songwriter Jehanne Mehta - available to buy now! All royalties support the work of Stop Ecocide International🌍 Take a look 🔗
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#StopEcocide
#EcocideLaw
@LittleToller
3 months ago
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"ICJ Advisory Opinion & growing movement to recognise #ecocide show international rules-based order remains essential" Léa Weimann, co-lead @EcocideLawYouth writes in response to the @CIJ_ICJ's Climate Change Advisory Opinion. Read:
earth.org/when-the-l...
#ecocide
#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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#Ecocide features in #UNDP's #ClimateDictionary! Ecocide appears alongside key terms like #environmentaljustice and #indigenousknowledge! Check it out:
climatepromise.undp....
Learn more about #ecocidelawđź”—
stopecocide.earth/about
#Ecocide
#UNDP's
#ClimateDictionary!
#environmentaljustice
#indigenousknowledge!
#ecocidelawđź”—
#StopEcocide
#UNBiodiversity
3 months ago
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#EcocideLaw named as "one of five legal strategies used in most [environmental law] suits" In an article for the Conversation UK, environmental lawyer Dana Zartner highlights recent rapid development of ecocide law. Full article:
theconversation.com/...
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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Discussing how #EcocideLaw can protect #wetlands! Stop Ecocide International's Africa Director James Gondi was at #WetlandsCOP15 in Victoria Falls, #Zimbabwe. About ecocide law đź”—
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#EcocideLaw
#wetlands!
#WetlandsCOP15
#Zimbabwe.
#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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It's #PachamamaDay For Indigenous peoples of the #Andes it's a day to honour #MotherEarth, who sustains all life. For indigenous peoples, protecting the environment is about cultural survival. #EcocideLaw protects both. More:
www.stopecocide.eart...
#PachamamaDay
#Andes
#MotherEarth,
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
#PachamamaDay
3 months ago
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Coming up TOMORROW (Friday 1 Aug) at 1pm (UK)! A LIVE/ INTERACTIVE ep of The Ecocide Report podcast + Q&A w/ Jojo Mehta & Chidi Obihara! ⏰ 1-2pm, Fri 1 Aug 📱Via LinkedIn Live & YouTube LinkedIn Live🔗
www.linkedin.com/eve...
YouTubeđź”—
www.youtube.com/live...
#StopEcocide
3 months ago
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"The proposed legislation seeks to protect Scotland’s population, wildlife & ecosystems" Jodie Bettis writes about Scotland's #ecocide bill progress + how it compares to the rest of the UK in Green Alliance UK's blog. Full story🔗
greenallianceblog.or...
#ecocide
#StopEcocide
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Will Scotland become the first UK nation to criminalise ecocide?
This post is by Jodie Bettis, a Grand Union Scholar at the Open University. Ecocide broadly refers to severe damage to or loss of ecosystems, and in response to the ecological emergency, campaigner…
https://greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/06/30/will-scotland-become-the-first-uk-nation-to-criminalise-ecocide/
4 months ago
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"#Africa & #LatinAmerica can converge on a common demand: protect life on Earth through criminal law." - Stop Ecocide International's Patricia Willocq writes about emerging regional support for #EcocideLaw in Econews. Full story đź”—
econews.global/ecoci...
#Africa
#LatinAmerica
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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When ecosystems are destroyed, communities lose their homes, livelihoods, and futures. Criminalising this mass environmental destruction through #EcocideLaw protects what we all depend on: a living planet. Learn more HEREđź”—
www.stopecocide.eart...
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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Have you seen the exciting new #EcocideLaw art book?! 🎨 Ecocide in Our Eyes is a beautiful collection of poems, paintings & more, curated by Youth for Ecocide Law. Find it HERE🔗
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#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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📢 #ICJ landmark #ClimateChange Advisory Opinion significantly reinforces case for #ECOCIDELAW. The court clarified key obligations, incl. that states must act to prevent harm to climate/ environment. LEARN MORE🔗
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#ICJ
#ClimateChange
#ECOCIDELAW.
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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📢BREAKING: #RepublicOfCongo & #Burundi formally endorse recognition of #ecocide as a crime! Both countries made official declarations of support at #AMCEN20 in Nairobi, joining the #DRC in backing #EcocideLaw. FULL STORY 🔗
www.stopecocide.eart...
#RepublicOfCongo
#Burundi
#ecocide
#AMCEN20
#DRC
#EcocideLaw.
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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Don't miss the FIRST-EVER live episode of The Ecocide Report podcast (with Q&A) in FOUR days time! 🎙️ Jojo Mehta & Chidi Oti Obihara will be chatting #EcocideLaw progress and answering your questions! ⏰ 1pm, Friday 25 July Register/ join HERE 🔗
www.linkedin.com/eve...
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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🌳 "Protecting the #Amazon's centuries-old trees is urgent. Supporting #EcocideLaw is recognising that destroying these ancient ecosystems is a crime" - Tatiana Espinosa, President of Arbio Perù. Join the #Forest4EcocideLaw network today! 🔗
www.stopecocide.eart...
#Amazon's
#EcocideLaw
#Forest4EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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What a week for #EcocideLaw at UN African Ministerial Conference on Env #AMCEN20! Stop Ecocide Africa were on the ground w/ #DRC, resulting in ministers agreeing to make ecocide law a top priority for the continent. Learn more HEREđź”—
www.stopecocide.eart...
#EcocideLaw
#AMCEN20!
#DRC,
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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You can now support the #EcocideLaw movement by shopping in our brand new webstore! 🌍🛍️ All shop proceeds go directly to Stop Ecocide International. Call for better legal protection for the planet in style! Shop🔗
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#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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"The near-Earth space environment is under severe and growing stress" In a new guest blog article, Anna Maddrick and Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl discuss the need to criminalise #ecocide in outer space. Read it here đź”—
www.stopecocide.eart...
#ecocide
#StopEcocide
#EcocideLaw
4 months ago
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“Imagine someone destroying an entire forest and facing a fine the price of a used electric bike” - Stop Ecocide Denmark's Bart Bes & Emilie Ellesøe Nielsen write about the need for #EcocideLaw in Århus Stiftstidende. Full story 🔗
stiften.dk/debat/vi-...
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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reposted by
Stop Ecocide International
Monica Lennon MSP
4 months ago
Loving my
#StopEcocide
t-shirt from the brand new
@stopecocide.bsky.social
webstore. Arrived just in time for the Scottish Parliament’s call for views opening. Have your say on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill by 9 September.
www.parliament.scot/about/news/n...
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The #DRC is taking bold action on #EcocideLaw. The country has backed a formal #ecocide proposal at the ICC & is now advocating for it through a motion at #AMCEN. Learn more đź”—
www.stopecocide.eart...
#DRC
#EcocideLaw.
#ecocide
#AMCEN.
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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"The concept of #ecocide is long overdue" - Dr Jane Goodall DBE. Get ecocide law updates to your inboxđź”—
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#ecocide
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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#EcocideLaw “is strategically aligned with building a financial system fit for the current day." Leading sustainable investment org Pension 4 Purpose has endorsed #EcocideLaw – criminalisation of mass harm to nature. Full piece🔗 ​​
www.pensionsforpurpo...
#EcocideLaw
#EcocideLaw
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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In most of the world, mass destruction of ecosystems regularly occurs with impunity. Enter #EcocideLaw. Ecocide law = individual accountability for senior decision makers, deterring worst harms BEFORE they occur. LEARN MOREđź”—
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#EcocideLaw.
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4 months ago
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Historic news! Preventing environmental destruction is a CORE international legal obligation, says Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Full story HEREđź”—
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#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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“This legislation may well serve as the foundation for a new era of marine legal protection”🌊 This article from Seasavers positions #Scotland's Ecocide Bill as a game-changer for ocean conservation in Scotland and globally. Full article🔗
blueplanetsociety.or...
#Scotland's
#StopEcocide
4 months ago
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