Transnational Environmental Crime - A Common Crime in need of Better Enforcement: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - January 2013

Environmental crime typically refers to any breach of a national or international environmental law or convention that exists to ensure the conservation and sustainability of the world's environment. Five areas are considered to be of major importance: illegal trade in wildlife, illegal logging and its associated timber trade illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing illegal trade in controlled chemicals (including ozone-depleting substances) and illegal disposal of hazardous waste.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: United Nations Environment Programme
Format: Serials biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:illegal traffic, wildlife conservation, environmental crime, Environmental Governance,
Online Access:https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8524
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