Ecological terrorism or ecoterrorism may be defined as the use of force
directed at the environment or ecosystem to terrorize, frighten, coerce,
or intimidate governments or societies.1 The scenario of a terrorist or
rogue nation group using nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical
agents or weapons as a means of ecoterrorism is plausible. Radiological
agents can be obtained readily through legal and illegal means. Chemical
and biological agents are easy and cheap to develop and use. In
addition to the devastating human effects of such agents, they can have
destructive environmental consequences. For these reasons, global terrorists
are more likely to resort to ecological terrorism.