Handbook of Transnational Environmental Crime

Edited by Lorraine Elliott, Professor Emerita, Department of International Relations, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Australia and William H. Schaedla, Managing Director, Ecolloquium

'This Handbook makes a creative and considered contribution towards this important topic. It provides a well-balanced mix of chapters from scholars and practitioners on issues that we must better understand if we are to successfully tackle these serious transnational environmental crimes. I warmly congratulate the editors and authors for focusing on these critical and contemporary questions, including the criminal networks involved, pervasive impact of corruption, criminal justice responses and exemplary collaborative initiatives, such as ICCWC. This timely publication will help to further shape our responses and assist us to better combat these highly destructive crimes.' --John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General'This timely and very comprehensive book sheds light into the shadowy areas of environmental policy that we have neglected for too long: transnational environmental crime, ranging from illegal trade in timber and wildlife to criminal use of ozone-depleting substances, illegal fishing and novel ''carbon crimes'' around emissions trading. The Handbook of Transnational Environmental Crime, superbly edited by Elliott and Schaedla, combines insightful conceptual chapters with in-depth empirical research and practitioner contributions. The book is essential reading not only for scholars of environmental governance but also for criminologists, conservationists, regulators and other practitioners.' --Frank Biermann, Utrecht University, the Netherlands'This extensive work beautifully covers all major transnational environmental crimes and efforts to combat these crimes, from a broad perspective. It stands out for incorporating chapters written by leading green criminologists but also by policy makers and members of the enforcement community. It is truly a handbook of great value to the increasing number of academics, practitioners and students who are interested in environmental crimes and green criminology.' --Toine Spapens, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

• Contents:PART I CONTEXT AND SCENE-SETTING1. Transnational Environmental Crime: Excavating the Complexities – An IntroductionLorraine Elliott and William H. Schaedla2. Criminal Networks and Illicit Chains of Custody in Transnational Environmental CrimeLorraine Elliott3. Local Sociocultural, Economic and Political Facilitators of Transnational Wildlife Crime William H. Schaedla4. The Securitization of Transnational Environmental Crime and the Militarization Of ConservationLorraine Elliott5. Criminality and Costs: The Human Toll of Transnational Environmental CrimeSophie SaydanPART II KEY SECTORS AND CASE STUDIES6. The Illegal Wildlife Trade in Global PerspectiveRosaleen Duffy7. The Uncharismatic and Unorganized Side to Wildlife SmugglingTanya Wyatt8. Fisheries CrimeEve De Coning9. Forest Crimes and the International Trade in Illegally Logged TimberDavid Humphreys10. Illegal Trade in Hazardous WasteLieselot Bisschop11. Illegal Trade in Ozone Depleting SubstancesNing Liu, Vira Somboon and Carl Middleton12. Crimes in the Carbon MarketCarole Gibbs and Michael Cassidy13. Greater China and Transnational Environmental Crime: Understanding Criminal Networks and Enforcement ResponsesYunbo Jiao14. Wildlife Trade in South AsiaSamir SinhaPART III GOVERNANCE, AGENCY AND STRATEGIES15. Multilateral Environmental Agreements and IllegalityAntonio Cardesa-Salzmann16. International Jurisdictional Challenges in the Suppression of Transnational Environmental CrimeGregory Rose17. Reducing Demand for Illicit Wildlife Products: Crafting a ‘Whole-Of-Society’ ResponseJulie Ayling18. Witnessing WENs: Origins and Future DirectionsWilliam H. Schaedla and Samir Sinha19. Forensics in Transnational Environmental CrimeRob OgdenPART IV PRACTITIONER CONTRIBUTIONS20. The Montreal Protocol and OzonAction NetworksEzra Clark21. The Basel Convention: A Tool for Combating Environmental Crime and Enhancing the Management of Hazardous and Other WastesTatiana Terekhova 22. The Role of Cites in Ensuring Sustainable and Legal Trade in Wild Fauna and FloraMargarita África Clemente Muñoz23. Interpol’s Nest: Building Capability and Capacity to Respond to Transnational Environmental CrimeGrant Pink24. The Evolving Role of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Fighting Wildlife and Forest CrimesGiovanni Broussard25. The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)Edward Van Asch26. EU–TWIX: Ten Years of Information Exchange and Co-Operation Between Wildlife Law Enforcement Officials in EuropeVinciane Sacré27. Transnational Environmental Crime: More than an Enforcement ProblemDaniel W.S. Challender and Douglas C. MacmillanIndex