So, what could stop 'ecocide' becoming a crime?

如何能阻止“生态灭绝”成为一种犯罪呢？

So, does he think 'ecocide' will become law?

他认为“生态灭绝”会成为法律吗？

'Ecocide' would be breaking the law in a way that meant doing something that seriously damages the environment.

“生态灭绝”是违法的，是做严重破坏环境的事情。

It also creates a new criminal offense - " ecocide" - for the most serious cases of environmental damage at the national level.

法院还为全国范围内最严重的环境破案案件设立了新的刑事犯罪罪名——生态灭绝。

But in coining the term " ecocide" — and classing it as a crime against humanity — Mansfield framed the debate in different terms.

但当曼斯菲尔德创造出“生态灭绝”（ecocide）这个词，并将其定性为反人类罪时，他将这场辩论置于了不同的框架之下。

We spoke to lawyer Philippe Sands, who's part of a group that wants the international community to set up a new crime called 'ecocide'.

我们采访了 Philippe Sands 律师，他是一个团体的成员，该团体希望国际社会设立一个名为“生态灭绝”的新罪行。

So, we're living today with the laws of the past and this project, defining the crime of 'ecocide', is about updating our laws to the current situation.

所以，我们当今生活在过去制定的法律下，音定义“生态灭绝”的罪行，是为了更新我们的法律以适应当下。

And our definition of 'ecocide' is unlawful or wanton acts, which a person commits in the knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe damage to the environment, which is also widespread or long-term.

我们对“生态灭绝”的定义是不合法律，无节制的行为，一个人在明知有很大可能对环境造成严重破坏的情况下，还采取了广泛或长期的行为。

We need a new international law of ecocide to criminalize the willful and widespread destruction of the environment, a law that criminalizes the most severe crimes against nature itself, even for acts don't involve direct human suffering.

我们需要一部新的国际生态灭绝法， 将蓄意和广泛破坏环境定为犯罪， 一部将最严重的危害自然的罪行定为犯罪的法律，即使这些行为不涉及直接的人类痛苦。

Now we see small island states picking up that issue, countries like France and yes, we in the opposition, if we form a government, we want an ecocide lawto make sure that people can't cut down our rainforests.

现在我们看到小岛屿国家开始关注这个问题，像法国这样的国家， 是的，我们反对派，如果我们组建政府， 我们希望制定一项生态灭绝法， 以确保人们无法砍伐我们的雨林。