Abstract
As Kailemia observes, “environmental crimes are an area of increasing concern, not only because of [their] globalized nature” but because these crimes have “impacts beyond the capacity of criminal justice systems of most states to comprehend or address.” How then can criminal justice agencies, particularly in the global south, respond to national and transnational environmental challenges? This paper takes the case of Bangladesh and outlines examples of anthropogenic activities that are destroying biodiversity and polluting the environment in this country. It then situates these crimes and harms in the context of environmental law, and the work of police and environment agencies, in Bangladesh. The paper concludes with a consideration of future options for environmental law enforcement in Bangladesh.
Highlights
Environmental crimes increasingly draw global attention as wide-spread understanding of their short-term impacts and long-term consequences grows
As Kailemia (2018) observes, “environmental crimes are an area of increasing concern, because of [their] globalized nature” but because these crimes have “impacts beyond the capacity of criminal justice systems of most states to comprehend or address.”
It is possible to identify a number of gaps and weaknesses in current Acts, laws and policies that provide the framework for environmental crime policing, enforcement and justice in Bangladesh
Summary
Environmental crimes increasingly draw global attention as wide-spread understanding of their short-term impacts and long-term consequences grows. This paper takes the case of Bangladesh and provides examples of anthropogenic activities that are destroying biodiversity and polluting the environment It situates these crimes and harms in the context of, first, environmental law and regulation, and second, in relation to the work of the police and specific environment agencies, in Bangladesh. Criminal justice agencies are responsible to the Ministry of Home Affairs but the Department of Environment and the Bangladesh Forest Department are both directed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change This is important to an understanding of why the apparently progressive development of introducing Environmental Courts has yielded poor impacts and excluded significant sources of complaint from its remit.
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