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- noun originally US Collectively, actions
intended todisrupt human activitiesperceived to be damaging to theenvironment , typically includingcivil disobedience and illegalsabotage .
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Coined (as ecodefense) by David Foreman in his 1985 book Ecodefense: A Field Guide To Monkeywrenching: eco- + defence = “defence of the environment”.
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