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Wild LIVE: Ecocide - should destroying nature be a crime?
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Ecocide is the extensive destruction of ecosystems caused by human activity, leading to significant harm to the environment and wildlife. Is it time to make the destruction of nature a criminal act? Our expert panel will explore the ethical, legal and environmental implications of criminalising ecocide, examining how international law can evolve to protect our planet.
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Our panel
Jojo Metha, Chair of the Stop Ecocide Foundation
Jojo Mehta co-founded Stop Ecocide in 2017, alongside barrister and legal pioneer the late Polly Higgins, to support the establishment of ecocide as a crime at the International Criminal Court. As CEO and key spokesperson, she has overseen the remarkable growth of the movement while coordinating between legal developments, diplomatic traction and public narrative.
Yuliia Ovchynnykova, Ukrainian Member of Parliament and Member of PACE
Yuliia is a Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Head of the Subcommittee of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management, member of the delegation to PACE, Head of the inter-factional association ‘For the Environment, Against Ecocide.
Debbie Tann, Chief Executive of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Debbie worked in a variety of roles within the Wildlife Trusts, including Biodiversity Officer, Head of Conservation and Deputy CEO, before being appointed Chief Executive at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (HIWWT) in 2008.
The Trust now manages 5,000 hectares of land across the two counties which provides not only incredible wildlife habitat but vital ecosystem services to support the local economy and people, and is an increasingly influential voice for wildlife, not only impacting policy but also working with a wide range of partners to restore the natural world.
Jonathon Porritt, Sustainability Campaigner and Author
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Trai Anfield
Craig Bennett - Chief Executive at The Wildlife Trusts
Craig has been described as “one of the country’s top environmental campaigners”, by The Guardian as “the very model of a modern eco-general” and, in 2021, was included in The Sunday Times Green Power List of the UK’s top 20 environmentalists.
Craig was formerly CEO of Friends of the Earth where he refocussed the organisation to empower communities to take action on the climate & ecological crises, resulting in a step change in the scale and impact of the movement, with over 200 new Friends of the Earth community groups set up during his tenure. He also led the organisation to numerous campaign victories including on bees, fracking and against the expansion of Heathrow Airport.
Earlier in his career, Craig was Deputy Director at The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), and Director of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (from 2007 to 2010) which he transformed into one of the most progressive business voices on the international climate change agenda.
He is Honorary Professor of Sustainability and Innovation at Alliance Manchester Business School, an Associate Fellow of Homerton College (Cambridge), a Senior Associate of The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and a Policy Fellow of The Centre for Science and Policy at The University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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