--- title: "Ecocide" url: https://wearenotforsale.org/category/ecocide/page/6/ publisher: "Not For Sale" --- Our Causes # Ecocide The large-scale destruction of ecosystems that harms the environment and the people who depend on it, mapped where it meets forced labor and trafficking. 65 articles Updated November 5, 2026 Part of **Our Causes** Nov 5, 2026 Ecocide [How to Help Fight Climate Change in 10 Practical Ways](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/how-to-help-fight-climate-change/) Where you travel, how you heat your home and what your workplace buys can cut emissions. Climate action can also help protect… Nov 2, 2026 Ecocide [Drones, Satellites and AI Are Changing the Amazon. Who Controls the Technology?](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/amazon-surveillance-technology-environmental-rights-2026/) A new Inter-American human rights warning highlights how surveillance tools can help protect ecosystems while also threatening the rights of communities in territories affected by extraction and organized crime. Nov 2, 2026 Ecocide [How to Stop Deforestation: What Works and What Still Needs to Change](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/how-to-stop-deforestation/) How to stop deforestation is often presented as a matter of planting more trees. Restoration has an important place, but it does… Nov 2, 2026 Ecocide [The Cali Fund Has Collected Just $7,000. Can Biodiversity Finance Catch Up With Its Promise?](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/cali-fund-biodiversity-cop17-2026/) A mechanism intended to share the benefits of commercial use of genetic information is struggling to attract contributions. The dispute at COP17 is about who benefits from nature's information and who pays to protect the systems that produced it. Nov 1, 2026 Ecocide [Brazil’s Supreme Court Keeps an Amazon Gold Mine License Suspended. Why Indigenous Consultation Is Central.](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/volta-grande-gold-mine-license-brazil-2026/) A temporary decision concerning the proposed Volta Grande gold mine in Pará leaves a major Amazon development on hold while a legal process continues. The dispute turns on environmental assessment, Indigenous rights and the meaning of consent. Nov 1, 2026 Ecocide [UAE Oil Spill Spreads Toward Northern Beaches as Gulf Marine Life Faces Another Threat](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/uae-oil-spill-october-2026/) Satellite imagery from late October shows an expanding oil slick off the United Arab Emirates, prompting beach closures. The ecological consequences will depend on where the oil travels, what habitats it reaches and how authorities respond. Oct 31, 2026 Ecocide [In Suriname, Saamaka Communities Are Mapping the Forest Before It Disappears](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/saamaka-forest-mapping-suriname-2026/) New reporting on community mapping in Suriname reveals how Indigenous and Maroon forest communities are using geographical knowledge and modern tools to contest extractive pressure. The deeper issue is who has the power to define and defend a territory. Oct 30, 2026 Ecocide [Indonesia’s 2026 Forest Fires Expose the Limits of Fighting Smoke After It Starts](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/indonesia-forest-fires-2026-peat-haze/) Rain has eased some Indonesian fire hotspots, but officials warn conditions remain dangerous. The 2026 fire season is a reminder that peatland drainage, land management and public health cannot be treated as separate problems. Oct 30, 2026 Ecocide [COP17’s $500 Million Species Recovery Pledge Raises a Hard Question: Which Species Get Saved?](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/cop17-endangered-species-recovery-2026/) Governments and private funders are trying to direct more support toward threatened species. The challenge is to make conservation choices based on ecological need rather than public affection for the most recognizable animals. Oct 29, 2026 Ecocide [Peru’s 20 Million SOL Illegal Gold Mining Crackdown: Why the Amazon Needs More Than Raids](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/madre-de-dios-illegal-gold-mining-raids-october-2026/) In Madre de Dios, a mining crackdown can be measured in engines, rafts and camps dismantled. What is much harder to measure is whether the forest, and the people who depend on it, are any safer after the operation ends. Oct 28, 2026 Ecocide [UN Moves Toward a Global Environmental Crime Protocol. What Would It Actually Change?](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/un-environmental-crime-protocol-2026/) Countries have voted to begin negotiating a new international instrument against environmental crime. The decision matters for illegal mining, timber, wildlife and waste trafficking, but it is not yet a treaty or a global ecocide law. Oct 27, 2026 Ecocide [Bangkok Floods: Why Relief and Protection Belong Together](https://wearenotforsale.org/ecocide/bangkok-floods-2026-disaster-recovery/) As floodwaters overwhelm Bangkok, Kru Nam is preparing a 15-hour drive with supplies. Her response reflects a wider truth: recovery must restore the safety, stability and support vulnerable children need. ### Explore the other causes This cause never stands alone. Follow the threads into the rest of our work. Our Causes #### [Human Trafficking](https://wearenotforsale.org/category/human-trafficking/) Force, fraud, and coercion, from scam compounds to displacement crises. 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