eco warfare
/ˈikoʊ ˈwɔrfɛr/
noun
- The use of environmental destruction or manipulation as a weapon in conflict, such as damaging natural resources to harm an enemy.
- The deliberate burning of oil fields was an act of eco-warfare.
- International laws try to prevent eco-warfare during armed conflicts.
- Some experts warn that climate change could be used as a tool of eco-warfare.
- Aggressive activism aimed at protecting the environment, sometimes involving direct action or sabotage.
- The group engaged in eco-warfare by disabling logging equipment in the forest.
- Some see eco-warfare as a necessary response to corporate pollution.
- The documentary explored the rise of eco-warfare among radical environmentalists.
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