Harms and the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Political Ecology, Green Criminology and the European Eel

Gutierrez, Laura and Duffy, Rosaleen ORCID: 0000-0002-6779-7240 (2023) Harms and the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Political Ecology, Green Criminology and the European Eel. Critical Criminology. pp. 1-16.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10612-023-09734-4

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper integrates political ecology and green criminology to examine the critical endangerment of the European eel. Using a harms-based approach, our research suggests that the identification of organised crime networks as the central perpetrators of illegal wildlife trade (IWT) and of IWT itself as the main threat to eels, neglects a myriad of practices—many of which are related to legal businesses and activities—that significantly contribute to the endangerment of the species. We suggest that, in order to better protect the European eel, we need more holistic conservation measures that go beyond a focus on fisheries and IWT.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	15 Life on Land
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2024 12:44
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2024 09:57
DOI:	10.1007/s10612-023-09734-4
Open Access URL:	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10612-0...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3180083