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 Lire la suite…
3 ans après la catastrophe de Fukushima, la contamination de l’eau est un immense problème resté sans solution. Depuis l’accident de mars 2011 de l’eau hautement radioactive a été conservée dans des réservoirs, avec des fuites d’approximativement 400m³ s’écoulant chaque jour dans l’océan Pacifique. En août dernier 300 tonnes d’eaux Lire la suite…
3 ans après la catastrophe de Fukushima, la contamination de l’eau est un immense problème resté sans solution. Depuis l’accident de mars 2011 de l’eau hautement radioactive a été conservée dans des réservoirs, avec des fuites d’approximativement 400m³ s’écoulant chaque jour dans l’océan Pacifique. En août dernier 300 tonnes d’eaux Lire la suite…
Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. 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 Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
Sharing experiences of the ECI experiment, setting future steps 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 », organised by the Lire la suite…
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, Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…