Ukrainian officials and wildlife experts are collecting evidence to build a case for environmental war crimes against Russia.
Marine habitats in and around Ukraine are being endangered by the fighting. Russian forces are also using sonar devices on warships. These devices
hurt the echolocation that marine mammals like dolphins and porpoises use to hunt for prey and to communicate. When confused, these marine animals could panic and swim into rocks. They could even be killed by live fire, NBC News . Some dolphins and porpoises are potentially dying from starvation because they’re unable to hunt properly if they’re unable to use their echolocation to navigate the waters.currently understand
. Some of the marine animals have probably died in the waters and never washed up on the shores of the Black Sea.The push for ecocide to be recognized and punished internationally has picked up steam in recent years. In 2020, a closing panel at the Symposium on Human Rights and the Climate Crisis discussed how international criminal law could be used to protect the environment.
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