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> Although if it continued to support the same human population, is it really fair to call it ecocide? The environment was transformed but certainly not "killed
by mrighele 2y ago
> Although if it continued to support the same human population, is it really fair to call it ecocide? The environment was transformed but certainly not "killed" as the "-cide" would require.
Humans are resilient, but what about other animals ? Easter Island fauna was probably not varied at the time, but there may have been some animals depending on the presence of trees (e.g. birds nesting on trees) that disappeared together with them.
- crazygringo 2y agoSure, but I don't think making a habitat unsuitable for a few species is what "ecocide" refers to. Obviously wherever you draw the line of ecocide is going to be blurry, but I don't think it applies to the situation here -- or else it would apply virtually everywhere humans live and grow crops, and would cease to have meaning.