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Professor Philippe Sands of UCL spoke about why there is a
for ecocide to be made
. He said: "The time is right to harness the
of international criminal law to protect our
environment." He wants the law to hold governments and multi-national
accountable for the environmental damage they cause. The Stop Ecocide Foundation said: "In most cases ecocide is likely to be a
crime." It outlined the
of destruction that would require an ecocide law being used. It said: "It would have to involve
, systematic or widespread destruction. We are
talking about Amazon deforestation on a huge scale, deep sea-bottom trawling or oil
."
