Future of the Environment

Ecocide: How to protect nature and the people who are dying to save it

Fishermen return home at sunset in Chad's capital N'djamena April 21, 2006. A five-member team on an African union mission to Chad arrived in the country on Friday to probe President Idriss Deby's accusations that neighbour Sudan is backing rebels bent on ending his nearly 16-year rule. Picture taken April 21, 2006. REUTERS/David Mwangi - GF1DSLDYBNAA

Indigenous environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is calling for ecocide to become a crime. Image: REUTERS/David Mwangi

Joe Myers
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