Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Create an Ecocide Prevention Act for England and Wales
Closed
76 signatures
What the petition asks
This legislation would aim to protect the environment and its components - air, water, soil and biodiversity - from severe and deliberate widespread or long-term damage. This is to maintain the functioning of these valuable natural assets, and help meet climate and biodiversity targets.
The environment contains many valuable resources for life on earth e.g. clean air to breath, clean water to drink, soil and pollinators for food, and natural habitats for climate change resilience. In 1997 one estimate put the global value of global ecosystem services at US$33 trillion per year (‘The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital’, Nature journal). A similar Bill has recently been proposed in the Scottish Parliament.
Timeline
| 23 Jan 2024 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 May 2024 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
76
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
23 Jan 2024
Closed
29 May 2024
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.