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The Landscape of Criminalization for Environmental Offences

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In improving protection of the environment, it is important to understand the state of criminalization and penalties in order to inform changes to prevention and detection strategies. The Landscape of Criminalization is the first part of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's first-ever Global Analysis on Crimes that Affect the Environment. In this part, the analysis of over 4000+ pieces of environmental legislation is broken down based upon whether violations are criminalized or not. The penalties are also analyzed in particular whether there is the possibility of at least four years in prison, which is threshold set for serious crime in the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Other analysis includes the penalties for legal persons and the inclusion of confiscation. Overall, many UN Member States have criminal penalties but there is room for improvement and for further harmonization and enforcement.

This online webinar by Professor Tanya Wyatt is hosted by Birkbeck's Criminology Seminar Series and the Centre for Political Economy and Institutional Studies. Professor Wyatt is an internationally leading green criminologist specialising in crimes that affect the environment, including wildlife crimes, waste crime, and pollution. As Lead Researcher at the Research and Trend Analysis Branch for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, she is heading the first-ever report for the body on ‘Global Analysis on Crimes that Affect the Environment’. Publications such as these form the basis for UN Member States to propose resolutions and decisions that directly impact their own legislation, policies and activities.

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  • Professor Tanya Wyatt -

    Professor Tanya Wyatt is an internationally leading green criminologist who specialises in crimes that affect the environment, including wildlife crimes, waste crime, and pollution. She is currently the Lead Researcher at the Research and Trend Analysis Branch for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, where she is heading the first-ever UN report providing a ‘Global Analysis on Crimes that Affect the Environment’. Publications such as these form the basis for UN Member States to propose resolutions and decisions that directly impact the legislation, policies and activities of states across the world.