14 Mar 2022

Conservation group wants 'ecocide' declared a crime

From Morning Report, 8:42 am on 14 March 2022

A conservation group is calling on the government to push for mass environmental destruction, or ecocide, to be declared a crime by the International Criminal Court.

The move would mean individuals could be investigated for carrying out intensive coal mining or deforestation.

Niva Chittock has more.