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Environmental crime

An environmental crime can be either a deliberate or careless act that harms the environment and breaks current laws. It might be Illegal fishing, logging and trading in timber, polluting or Illegally trading wildlife. Although worldwide concern for the environment is growing, AIC research indicates that there is no real let up in environmental offences. This website contains a wealth of research into environmental crime particularly relating to the fishing industry, the illegal timber trade in the Asia-Pacific region and deliberately lit bushfires. The AIC has also examined environmental crime prevention as a resource for future policy makers.

Reports and papers

• Proposed new policy on illegally logged timber : draft regulatory impact statement
  Centre for International Economics, Centre for International Economics. 2009
• International environmental crime : the nature and control of environmental black markets (PDF 850kB)
  Gavin Hayman and Duncan Brack. Workshop report, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2002
• Environmental issues (PDF 26kB)
  Barbara Hardy. Global directions, local solutions : international policing conference 2001

Recent publications

• Environmental crime in Australia
  14 October 2010
• Following the proceeds of illegal logging in Indonesia
  24 March 2010
• Crime in the Australian fishing industry
  04 June 2009
• Weekly patterns in bushfire ignitions
  28 October 2008
• Environmental harm and crime prevention
  04 June 2008
• The connection between socioeconomic disadvantage and bushfire arson
  22 April 2008
• Proportion of deliberate bushfires in Australia
  06 March 2008
• The illegal trade in timber and timber products in the Asia-Pacific region
  01 January 2008
• A national study of crime in the Australian fishing industry
  01 January 2007
• Crime in the Australian fishing industry : key issues
  04 April 2005
• Marine crime
  06 July 2004
• Understanding non-compliance in the marine environment
  04 May 2004
• The illegal market in Australian abalone
  09 July 2002
• The illegal market in Australian abalone
  04 April 2002
• Improving environmental performance, preventing environmental crime
  04 June 2000

Recent events

• International Serious and Organised Crime Conference 2010
  18 October 2010
• Environmental crime
  01 September 1993