Ecoviolence Studies: Human Exploitation and Environmental Crime

Ecoviolence, defined broadly as the intersection between human-human exploitation and the destruction of nature, is one of the defining features of our time. This book collects ten case studies examining the intersection between the exploitation of human beings and environmental harm. Topics discussed include the wildlife trade, ecoviolence at sea, natural resource exploitation in Latin America and Africa, human trafficking induced by extreme weather events, climate change-related language death, and the confluence of drug cartels and environmental destruction. The book argues that Ecoviolence Studies has emerged as an expanded, multidisciplinary field in its own right, and that policy responses and the search for environmental and social justice should reflect accumulated knowledge in this area. It is an insightful volume for researchers and graduate students working in green criminology, Earth system governance, environmental politics, human rights, environmental and international law, and related areas.

Table of Contents:
Prologue Rudolph Ryser; Forward Sheldon Jordan; 1. Ecoviolence studies and human security Peter Stoett and Delon Alain Omrow; 2. The links between human trafficking and wildlife trafficking Michelle Anagnostou and Daan van Uhm; 3. Preventing a secondary disaster: how emergency management agencies can prepare and respond to disaster linked exploitation Benjamin Greer; 4. Ecoviolence at sea Matilda Petersson and Sofia Käll; 5. There will be blood: the return of the frontier logic in guyana and hyper-exploitation in the mining sector Delon Alain Omrow; 6. Artisanal gold mining in Uganda; towards formalisation as remediation of dignity and rights Julius Kaka; 7. Searching for shelter in the climate crisis era: ecocide and migration Ascensioìn Garciìa Ruiz; 8. Climate change, violence and ecocide Rob White; 9. Sea of Cortez: crime and ecosystem crossroads Francisco Cuamea and Delon Alain Omrow; 10. Minority languages as collateral damage in the climate crisis – the incidental result of ecoviolence on y gymraeg/welsh language.

About the Author :
Peter Stoett is Dean of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University. He has published widely on global environmental governance and human rights issues and has worked extensively with the United Nations. Recently he co-chaired an IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Assessment. He currently holds a grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. With Sandy Lamalle, he recently co-edited 'Representations and Rights of the Environment', published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. Delon Alain Omrow is a Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, and Professor at Centennial College, located near Toronto. His research explores transnational environmental crime, ecoviolence, debt-for-nature swaps, and the links between ecocidality and suicidality. He is also a member of INTERPOL's Wildlife Crime Working Group. With Peter Stoett, he co-authored 'Spheres of Transnational Ecoviolence: Environmental Crime, Human Security, and Justice', published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2021.