Impact of renewable energy sources on forest crimes the case of North Cyprus

Abstract

Depending upon promoting and wide-spreading the use of renewable energy sources to preserve natural sources and forest land, several laws and regulations have been drawn by States in terms of sustainability. Investigations in forest land and natural sources for various reasons, statistics revealing forest crimes are being overviewed for sustainable preservation of forests and new arrangements in laws and regulations are being made. The statistics of forest crimes by the Office of Forestry, Preservation and Exploitation Branch and the Electricity Authority of TRNC were referred to while carrying out this study. The findings in these statistics revealed a substantial increase in forest crimes between the years 2012-2017 due to the lack of a State policy and failure in the common use of renewable resources. The findings in this research point to the fact that, based on a sustainable environment policy, more investment in renewable energy sources is essential and will positively affect the reductionof forest crime rates.