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Abstract
Several studies suggest that both in Greece and Cyprus, environmental violations are being publicly discussed and defined by active citizens members of Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations (ENGOs) who demand the protection of the environment. These actors of civil society demand and often achieve visibility from the central policy making. Given the above, the present text attempts to propose certain points that could contribute towards the establishment of a Critical Green Criminology by taking into consideration bottom-up perspectives of environmental crime. By studying perspectives, representations and demands of environmental NGOs concerning environmental criminality, through the prism of environmentalism as a cultural perspective, the present article constitutes a proposal for a green criminology which will focus on the invisible - from formal social control - environmental violations, as these are defined by active citizens and environmental organisations.
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IntroductionAt the same time many environmental crimes are not included in the official statistics despite the harmful effects that have on society [38]
Such a broad definition gives room to a wide range of interpretation and this is probably why, environmental legislation in countries such as Greece and the Republic of Cyprus is unclear as far as environmental crimes are concerned in the sense that “environmental goods and their violations are not located in specific decrees such as in the case of other goods but in various - mainly civil code decisions - and the European Law” [17 p.272]
Representations and demands of environmental NGOs concerning environmental criminality, through the prism of environmentalism as a cultural perspective, this article attempts to propose a green cgriminology which will focus on the invisible - by formal social control – environmental violations, as these are defined by active citizens and environmental organisations
Summary
At the same time many environmental crimes are not included in the official statistics despite the harmful effects that have on society [38] Their effects even if they might not be, for various reasons, visible by law, they are noticed by local societies that suffer from them and by environmental organisations. The managing institution of the protected area along with environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) is working with the local authorities hand-in-hand trying to locate the person(s) behind this killings [50]. This is one of many examples of cooperation between ENGOs and authorities in Greece, aiming at environmental (flora and fauna) protection. In legal terms environmental crime is defined as illegal acts which directly harm the environment
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