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Ecocide can soon be a punishable offence, on a par with war crimes Updated : June 23, 2021 17:02:05 IST CNBCTV18.com share Demands to criminalize acts of environmental destruction and equate them with ‘wars of crime’ has been gaining momentum across the world. A panel of a dozen legal experts brought together by the Stop Ecocide Foundation (SEF) has now decided on a legal definition of the word “ecocide”. The draft law, unveiled on Tuesday defines Ecocide , first coined in 1970, as “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and widespread...