EU introduces 10 year prison sentences for environmental crimes ( www.euronews.com )
Countries will have two years to put the updated directive, which covers crimes 'comparable to ecocide', into national law.
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Countries will have two years to put the updated directive, which covers crimes 'comparable to ecocide', into national law.