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Political ecologies of green-collar crime: understanding illegal trades in European wildlife

Iordăchescu, George; Lappe-Osthege, Teresa; Dickinson, Hannah; Duffy, Rosaleen; Burns, Charlotte

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Authors

George Iordăchescu

Teresa Lappe-Osthege

Rosaleen Duffy

Charlotte Burns



Abstract

Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is commonly identified as one of the drivers of global biodiversity loss and has gained increasing attention from national governments, conservation NGOs, international institutions and the private sector. We argue that analyses of drivers and dynamics of IWT within Europe must evaluate the overlooked interconnections between legal and illegal trades. In this brief commentary, we develop a new conceptual lens that brings together cutting-edge theories of political ecology and green criminology. We apply this to the European IWT context, to deconstruct the power dynamics and inequalities that underlie environmental harms caused by green-collar crime. We use the dynamics of illegal trade in brown bears, eels and songbirds as illustrative examples, and consider three cross-cutting issues that shape the trade: consumption, uncertain scientific knowledge and legislative frameworks.

Citation

Iordăchescu, G., Lappe-Osthege, T., Dickinson, H., Duffy, R., & Burns, C. (2023). Political ecologies of green-collar crime: understanding illegal trades in European wildlife. Environmental Politics, 32(5), 923-930. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2156173

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 4, 2022
Online Publication Date Dec 12, 2022
Publication Date 2023-05
Deposit Date Mar 13, 2023
Publicly Available Date Mar 13, 2023
Journal Environmental Politics
Print ISSN 0964-4016
Electronic ISSN 1743-8934
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 5
Pages 923-930
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2156173
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1177192

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Advance online version This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.




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