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

如何能“态灭绝”成为一种犯罪呢？

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

他认为“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.

“态灭绝”是违法，是做严重破坏环境事情。

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环境破案案件设立了新刑事犯罪罪名——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“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，他是一个团成员，该团国际社会设立一个名为“态灭绝”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，我们当今活在过去制定法律下，音定义“态灭绝”罪行，是为了更新我们法律以适应当下。

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“态灭绝”定义是不合法律，无节制行为，一个人在明知有很大可能对环境造成严重破坏情况下，还采取了广泛或长期行为。

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.

我们需要一部新国际态灭绝法， 将蓄意和广泛破坏环境定为犯罪， 一部将最严重危害自然罪行定为犯罪法律，即使这些行为不涉及直接人类痛苦。

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，像法国这样国家， 是，我们反对派，如果我们组建政府， 我们制定一项态灭绝法， 以确保人们无法砍伐我们雨林。