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International security, environment conflict & climate security risks hub >
Contents below:
· General information
· Periodicals
· Institutions
~ Initiatives
~ International organizations
~ NGOs
· Environmental crime in the USA
· Conferences
· Key readings
Also see:
· Wildlife poaching, trafficking & trade for illegal trafficking of wildlife
· Stratospheric ozone depletion for production and trade in ozone-depleting substances
· Chemical & waste management for illegal hazardous waste disposal
· Fish, fisheries & marine life for illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing
· Forests for illegal logging and trade in wood products
General information & research guides
Environmental crimes @ European Commission
· focusing on laws and regulations
Environmental crime @ PollutionIssues.com
· Introduction and explanation about environmental crime. This link also contains a agency and some cases about environmental crime.
Environmental Studies Resources: Environmental Crime @ Michigan State University
Illicit Trade Environment Index
Special issue of US Attorneys' Bulletin on environmental crimes
· a collection of different kinds of argument about environmental crime and the importance of the role of law in environmental crimes.
Periodicals
Environmental Crimes Case Bulletin @ US EPA
Environmental Crimes Monthly Bulletin (USDOJ)
Institutions
~ International organizations
International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
· Links to branches on fisheries crime, forestry crime, pollution crime, wildlife crime, and more.
EU Network for the implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL)
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Rise of Environmental Crime
Transnational Environmental Crime
The Environmental Crime Crisis
UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)
Transnational Organized Crime: Environmental crime: Trafficking in wildlife and timber
~ Networks & initiatives ~
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC)
· “the world’s first whistleblowing initiative dedicated to environmental crime. The Mission of
WildLeaks is to receive and evaluate anonymous information regarding environmental crime
and transform that information into concrete actions.”
~ NGOs ~
Corruption is a threat to planet Earth
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
EAGLE Network (Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement)
· “the world’s first whistleblowing initiative dedicated to environmental crime. The Mission of
WildLeaks is to receive and evaluate anonymous information regarding environmental crime
and transform that information into concrete actions.”
Global Initaitive Against Transnational Organized Crime
Environmental crime in the USA
Environmental Crimes Section @ US Department of Justice (USDOJ)
Criminal investigations @ US EPA
· Focuses on issues such as illegal dumping.
US Wildlife Trafficking Alliance
Conferences
7th International Conference on Environmental Crime
UNICRI @Environmental Crime Conference
Environmental Crime Enforcement Conference
International Conference on Environmental Crime: Current and Emerging Threats (2012)
Key readings
Environmental Crime is booming @ Grist
Environmental Crime Tops List by Organizations @ US Courts
· Offers valuable statistics on environmental crimes
Environmental Investigation Agency. 2008. Environmental crime: A threat to our future.
· Comprehensive treatment of the basic aspects of environmental crime
Transnational environmental crime (TEC) & corruption
This page focuses on general aspects of transnational environmental crime (TEC), defined as "criminal natural-resource-related activities that cross national borders and harm the environment, such as wildlife trafficking; illegal fishing; electronic-waste dumping; water theft; illicit markets in ozone-depleting substances; illegal logging and mining; and other acts." - Gore et al. 2019