How does ecocide affect people as well as nature?2026-01-08T09:34:44+00:00

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How does ecocide affect people as well as nature?

How does ecocide affect people as well as nature?


Direct Answer

Ecocide affects people by destroying livelihoods, forcing displacement, increasing poverty, increasing extreme weather events, and making communities more vulnerable to exploitation, including human trafficking.


Direct Answer

Ecocide affects people by destroying livelihoods, forcing displacement, increasing poverty, increasing extreme weather events, and making communities more vulnerable to exploitation, including human trafficking.

How does ecocide affect people as well as nature?

In-Depth Explanation

In-Depth Explanation

When ecosystems collapse, communities lose access to clean water, food sources, land, and economic stability. This environmental breakdown pushes people into unsafe migration, informal labor markets, or extractive industries where coercion and exploitation are common. Ecocide is therefore not only an environmental crisis but a socio-economic one: it creates the conditions in which forced labor, debt bondage, and trafficking thrive.

How Not For Sale Offers a Solution:

Works with communities to build alternative livelihoods that protect ecosystems.

Integrates environmental and human-rights protective programming.

We provide support
and rehabilitation for thousands of survivors, each year.

Supports economic resilience in regions affected by environmental destruction.

In Summary

In Summary

Ecocide harms both the planet and the people who depend on it. Not For Sale addresses these interconnected crises through prevention and systemic change.

Ecocide harms both the planet and the people who depend on it. Not For Sale addresses these interconnected crises through prevention and systemic change.

Related FAQ’S

Related FAQ’S

Environmental collapse removes livelihoods and safety nets, increasing vulnerability to exploitation and abuse.

Yes. Climate disruption often drives displacement, poverty, and unsafe migration.

Yes. Protecting ecosystems helps preserve livelihoods, reduce displacement, and uphold human dignity.

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Human Trafficking

Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.
Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.
Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.

Social Innovation

Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.
Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.
Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.

Ecocide

Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.
Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.
Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.

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Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.
Ecocide is the large-scale destruction, damage, or loss of ecosystems caused by human activity, to the extent that the peaceful enjoyment of life by current or future generations is severely diminished.
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