On today's programe hear about the concept of ecocide - a new category of crime covering large-scale destruction of the environment by a person or corporation.
Polly Higgins is a lawyer from the United Kingdom campaigning for a new classificiation of crime against the natural environment, and she wants to call this crime "ecocide".
One of her big concerns is the controversial practice of fracking, often used in coal-seam gas mining.
ABC Rural
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