Destruction of the natural environment, especially when deliberate.
生态灭绝
their crime is nothing less than attempted ecocide
Example sentencesExamples
Through a century marked by ecocide - toxic releases, poisoned lands, nuclear accidents - Russian naturalists have battled, often against a totalitarian government, to save refuges like the one where Tatiana now works.
The great mass of Russians, all too aware of the Soviet ecocide that decimated their land, have a passionate sense of the need to protect their environment.
We all know that carbon emissions are contributing to global warming and ecocide.
However, we tend to be less aware of our own ecocide.
It is reasonable to conclude that the full economic costs of the Sudbury forest ecocide were actually many times the figures arrived at by Linzon.
Definition of ecocide in US English:
ecocide
noun
Destruction of the natural environment, especially when willfully done.
生态灭绝
their crime is nothing less than attempted ecocide
Example sentencesExamples
However, we tend to be less aware of our own ecocide.
We all know that carbon emissions are contributing to global warming and ecocide.
It is reasonable to conclude that the full economic costs of the Sudbury forest ecocide were actually many times the figures arrived at by Linzon.
Through a century marked by ecocide - toxic releases, poisoned lands, nuclear accidents - Russian naturalists have battled, often against a totalitarian government, to save refuges like the one where Tatiana now works.
The great mass of Russians, all too aware of the Soviet ecocide that decimated their land, have a passionate sense of the need to protect their environment.