ecocide

See also: écocide

English

Etymology

From eco- +‎ -cide. First used in 1969 by the American plant biologist Arthur Galston to refer to the willful destruction of the environment with Agent Orange.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈiːkəʊsaɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: eco‧cide

Noun

ecocide (countable and uncountable, plural ecocides)

1. The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to exploitation of resources, nuclear warfare, or the dumping of harmful chemicals.

   Synonym: geocide

   • [1997, Virginia Journal of International Law, volume 38, page 377:

     Two common terms used to characterize injuries to the environment include “geocide” and “ecocide,” terms particularly applicable to rain forest damage because it is irreparable.]

   • 2013, Alexandra R. Harrington, “The Crime of Aggression and Threats to the Future”, in Sébastien Jodoin, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, editors, Sustainable Development, International Criminal Justice, and Treaty Implementation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 161–162:

     It has also been suggested that environmental crimes might include the proposed crime of ‘ecocide’ or ‘geocide’, with proponents of this view attempting to draw parallels between destructive acts towards the environment and those against the qualifying groups for genocide. […] [M]any who advocate for the creation of either ecocide or geocide principally argue that the best place to try such crimes is through an apparatus created in a separate and environment-oriented treaty.

   • 2019 September 17, Lauren Cochrane, “Extinction Rebellion stage funeral at London fashion week finale”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The funeral is the culmination of Extinction Rebellion’s actions at London fashion week. They also staged a die-in outside one of the show venues on Friday and a swarm outside Victoria Beckham’s show on Sunday, with protesters holding placards reading “fashion = ecocide” and “the ugly truth about fashion”.

Related terms

• ecophagy

Translations

destruction of an ecosystem

• Arabic: إِبَادَة بِيئِيَّة f (ʔibāda bīʔiyya)
• Belarusian: экацы́д m (ekacýd)
• Bulgarian: екоци́д m (ekocíd)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 生態滅絕／生态灭绝 (saang¹ taai³ mit⁶ zyut⁶)

  Mandarin: 生態滅絕／生态灭绝 (shēngtài mièjué), 生態滅絕罪／生态灭绝罪 (shēngtài mièjué zuì)

• Dutch: ecocide (nl) f
• Estonian: ökotsiid
• Finnish: ympäristötuho, ekosidi
• French: écocide (fr) m
• Georgian: ეკოციდი (eḳocidi)
• German: Ökozid (de) m, Umweltzerstörung (de) f
• Icelandic: vistmorð (is) n
• Indonesian: ekosida (id)
• Italian: ecocidio m
• Japanese: エコサイド (ekosaido)
• Korean: 에코사이드 (ekosaideu)
• Latvian: ekocīds m
• Lithuanian: ekocidas m
• Macedonian: екоцид m (ekocid)
• Persian: بوم‌کُشی (bum-koši)
• Polish: ekobójstwo n
• Portuguese: ecocídio (pt) m
• Russian: экоци́д (ru) m (ekocíd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: е̏коцӣд m

  Roman: ȅkocīd (sh) m

• Spanish: ecocidio (es) m
• Swedish: miljömord n, ekocid c
• Turkish: çevre tahribatı
• Ukrainian: екоци́д m (ekocýd)

Further reading

• ecocide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ecocide. Equivalent to eco- +‎ -cide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.koːˈsi.də/

• Audio:

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Noun

ecocide f (plural ecocides, diminutive ecocidetje n)

1. ecocide

Derived terms

• ecocidaal