Slovenian bee colonies are in great danger, for they are again being killed in mass quantities due to extensive use of Phytopharmaceuticals in agriculture. There was a huge colony collapse in Slovenia already in 2011 due to insecticide called Clothianidin which belongs to the group of neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids are insecticides Read more…
3 years after the Fukushima disaster, water contamination is a huge issue that has not been solved. Since the March 2011 meltdown, highly radioactive water has been kept in the tanks, with daily about 400 cubic metres leaking into the Pacific Ocean. Last August 300 tons of untreated radioactive water Read more…
3 years after the Fukushima disaster, water contamination is a huge issue that has not been solved. Since the March 2011 meltdown, highly radioactive water has been kept in the tanks, with daily about 400 cubic metres leaking into the Pacific Ocean. Last August 300 tons of untreated radioactive water Read more…
Discussing with democratic lawyers about ecocide On April 16th and 17th, our initiator and member of the Steering Group Prisca participated in the 18th congress of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. This association brings together lawyers from around the world who are working towards ensuring human rights. This year Read more…
In this blog post, Barbara Bera explores the links between ecocide and human rights. Barbara is a research volunteer from Slovenia, who studied law at University of Ljubljana and has mainly focused on human rights issues in her degree thesis. Human rights are the foundation of all other rights, which Read more…
Sharing experiences of the ECI experiment, setting future steps by Katerina Tsakanika Prisca, initiator of End Ecocide in Europe and member of the Steering Group, was invited as a speaker to the 3rd discussion group within the frameworks of the event titled ”European Citizens’ Initiative Day 2014, Building up success”, Read more…
In March 2012 the Spanish Government approved the beginning of oil exploration drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, close to the Canary Islands by the argentine-spanish company Repsol. The drilling zone will be located near the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote – both of them designated as United Nations Biosphere Reserves, Read more…
ROUND TWO: REDD+ Welcome back to the comparison between the law of Ecocide and other international environmental laws. Next up; REDD+ REDD+ is a scheme that will involve states, NGOs and corporations using market mechanisms to reward developing countries from reducing their greenhouse gas emissions through reducing deforestation (Phelps, Webb Read more…
ROUND ONE: Rio Earth Summit 1992 Welcome to ROUND ONE of the comparison between the law of Ecocide and other international environmental laws. First up; Rio Earth Summit 1992. The 1992 Rio Earth Summit was intended to develop ways to prevent the continued depletion of natural resources and to decrease Read more…
In 2011, a Canadian company called Eldorado Gold decided to invest in northern Greece region. Its subsidiary Hellenic Gold received Greek government approval to mine in the northern peninsula. One of the first projects of the company is located in Skouries and will need 3,000 hectares of pristine forest to Read more…