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Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution. It is defined as any change or disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleterious or undesirable.
Eco-warrior is defined by The Oxford English Dictionary as "a person who actively tries to prevent damage to the environment ". [1] In academic discourse, this term is contextualized as a response to systemic environmental harm where activists challenge industrial or governmental entities. [2]
Ecocide can threaten a people's cultural and physical existence, and several studies have shown that ecocide has genocidal dimensions. [2] Destruction of the natural environment can result in cultural genocide by preventing people from following their traditional way of life. [2] This is especially true for Indigenous people. [4]
Techniques involve destruction of property, by either using tools to disable or the use of arson to destroy what activists believe is being used to injure animals, people or the environment. These actions are sometimes called ecotage and there are marked differences between their actions in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion, (Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, September 29, 1957), 200+ people died and 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels. Over thirty small communities had been removed from Soviet maps between 1958 and 1991. [5] Windscale fire, United Kingdom, October 8, 1957. Fire ignites plutonium piles and ...
At least eight people have died and 5,000 homes have been destroyed by the fire, which was still just 14% contained as of Monday. It was not clear whether the steel poles were ever installed.
To make way for those industrial fields of palm trees, some 30,000 acres of rainforest were cut down, a swath of destruction that one Indigenous leader called an act of "eco-genocide."
In northern Peru, the World Bank's business-lending arm is part owner of the Yanacocha gold mine, accused by impoverished farming communities of despoiling their land in pursuit of the precious ore. The bank and IFC have stepped up investments in projects deemed to have a high risk of serious and environment damage, including oil pipelines, mines and even coal-fired power plants, an ...