Labour’s Monica Lennon seeks the Scottish public’s views on plans to make their country the first UK nation to enforce ecocide law with tough sanctions acting as a deterrent to eco-criminals.
A Lanarkshire MSP has lodged proposals for a Members’ Bill in the Scottish Parliament asking people to support an ecocide prevention law that could see big polluters jailed for between 10 and 20 years.
The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Under the proposals, Scotland would emerge as a world-leader in the fast-growing campaign to establish new domestic and international ecocide crimes globally.
“The aim is to prevent the worst harm to our planet from happening in the first place and to do so we need much tougher laws and enforcement. JoJo Mehta, Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International said: “This is a pioneering step from Scotland and one that will be noticed across the globe. "Today, Scotland is joining these forward-thinking nations in taking meaningful, practical steps to address the very real threats we face as a species.”
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