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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Isabella Kaminski

RARE PHOTOS: Eu criminalises environmental damage comparable to ecocide | Vintage Vibes

An image of bare mountainside with logged trees and standing trees in distance
A image that the environment NGO Agent Green says is evidence of large-scale deforestation and habitat degradation in the Cindrel mountains of Romania. Photograph: Agent Green/AP

The European Union has become the first international body to criminalise wide-scale environmental damage “comparable to ecocide”.

Late on Thursday, lawmakers agreed an update to the bloc’s environmental crime directive punishing the most serious cases of ecosystem destruction, including habitat loss and illegal logging, with tougher penalties.

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