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Personsintentionally causing large-scale, long-term, and severe damage tothe ecosystem will find themselves behind bars for a stretch of 10to 15 years, reports. In this regard, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signeda law amending the Criminal Code. Under the amendments, the concept of "ecocide" was added to theCriminal Code.
On this account, the large-scale annihilation of flora or fauna,degradation of air, soil, or aquatic ecosystems, along withdeliberate actions that inflict damage on the environment,resulting in an ecological catastrophe or presenting a tangiblerisk of such a catastrophe, will incur penalties of incarcerationranging from 10 to 15 years..
