Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
PREVENTION STRATEGIES

INTRODUCTION
• The government has taken various steps in order to
prevent the environmental crime which is increasing
day by day.
• Illegal fishing, poaching and hunting of animals,
dumping of the toxic waste are some of the examples
of such crime.
• The government has taken different approaches to
reduce human interference in the wilderness in order
to ensure safety of the animals (Brisman, South &
White 2016).

CATEGORIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
• Pollution of any land, air or water
• Illegal trading of the ozone-depleting substances
• Dumping of toxic waste in the Water Bodies
• Finning and Illegal fishing and hunting of Animals
• Trafficking of Wild Animals
• Indiscriminate logging

STAKEHOLDERS WHO CAN HELP REDUCE
CRIMES AGAINST ENVIRONMENT
• The public being the major stakeholders can
help and assist the government by preventing
environmental crimes.
• There are various approaches that can be taken
for preserving the wild life and the endangered
species.
• The stakeholders can be business enterprises
who can sponsor the initiatives taken by the
government to decrease the rate of crimes on
the environment.