Green Crime in the Global South: Essays on Southern Green Criminology (Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology)

This book presents a socio-criminological study of environmental crime in the global South. It gathers contributors from all the regions of the geographical global South (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America) to discuss instances of environmental crime and conflict. Overall, it seeks to further decolonise the knowledge production of green criminology. It considers the legacy of colonisation, North-South and the core-periphery divides in the production of environmental crime, the epistemological contributions of the marginalised, impoverished, and oppressed, and the unique contexts of the global South. This book has three sections: drivers of green crime in the global South; responses to environmental harm in the global South; and global dialogues about crime and destruction in the global South. The first two sections represent the breadth of the topics that green criminologists have historically studied but from unique perspectives. The third section explores ethical anddecolonial ways for Southern green criminology to collaborate with Western academia. This book speaks to scholars in criminology, political ecology, decolonial theory, along with the many readers interested in the interactions between humans and nature. Preface Acknowledgements Praise for Green Crime in the Global South Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures List of Tables 1 Southern Green Criminology: Fundamental Concepts The Global Landscape of Environmental Destruction The Fundamental Concepts and Theories of Southern Green Criminology About This Book Drivers of Green Crime in the Global South Responses to Environmental Crime in the Global South Global Dialogues About Crime and Destruction in the South The Future of Southern Green Criminology References Part I Drivers of Green Crime in the Global South 2 The State-Corporate Crime of Extractive Industries Introduction Extractive Industries in the Twenty-First Century State-Corporate Crime Four Cases of Raw-Materials-Related State-Corporate Crime The Criminological Systematisation of Incidents, Interactions, and Damages Events Interaction of Interests Harm Characteristics of Raw-Materials-Related State-Corporate Crime Actor Scattering Temporal and Spatial Complexity Glocality Postcolonial Interculturality Nature Impairment Violence Conclusion References 3 Mass Extraction and Green Crime Victimization in Turkey Introduction Debates Within Southern Green Criminology The Political, Economic, and Ecological Context of Turkey The Soma Mining Disaster and the Ikizdere Stone Pitch Project The Soma Mine Disaster (SMD) The Ikizdere Stone Pitch Project Conclusion References 4 Environmental Exploitation and Violence Against Indigenous People in Mexico Introduction Conflict Over Indigenous Territories Indigenous and the Global South Perspective Violence Against Indigenous Conservationists An Approximation of the Characteristics and Conditions of Violence Against Indigenous People Aggressions Against Indigenous Conservationists in Mexico During the 2010–2020 Period The Need for a Southern Green Criminology Perspective in México References 5 Appropriating the Commons: Tea Estates and Conflict Over Water in Southern Malawi Introduction Operationalising Southern Green Criminology The Nature of Colonialism in Malawi Precolonial Human–Water Relationships Relationships to Water in the Colony Current Human Relationships to Water Future Considerations of Human–Water Relationships in Mulanje Conclusion References 6 Political Economy and the Government Attack on Sharks: A Non-Speciesist Southern Green Criminology Introduction The Political Economy of Shark Bites Indigenous Shark Narratives: Not a ‘Human Killer’ but a Species of Cultural Significance Case Study: ‘Catch and Kill’—The Western Australia Shark Hazard Mitigation Drum Line Program (SHMDLP) Discussion: A Southern Green Non-Speciesist Criminology Conclusion References Part II Responses to Environmental Crime in the Global South 7 Green Potential in the Global South: The Phulbari Movement in Neoliberal Bangladesh Introduction The Case and Objectives Theory: Dispossession and Environmental Justice Three Phases of the Phulbari Movement Analysis: Politics of Dispossession and Environmental Suffering in Bangladesh Conclusion References 8 Latin American Green Criminology and the Limits of Restorative Justice: An Analysis of the Samarco Case Introduction Green Criminology and Environmental Restorative Justice in Brazil: Addressing Its Challenges and Limits Green Criminology Green Criminology, Environmental Victimisation, and Environmental Crime in Latin America Brazilian Restorativism and the Absence of Environmental Perspectives Latin American Environmental Harm and the Samarco Case The Samarco Case Green Criminology, Restorative Justice Processes and the Samarco Case: Lessons from the Field The Reparation of the Environment: A Neglected Victim? Conclusion References 9 Beyond Retributive Justice: Listening to Environmental Victims’ Demands in Brazil Introduction Environmental Crime, Harm, and Injustice Environmental Victims Environmental Suffering and Experiences of Injustice Reparation and Accountability: The Struggle for Rights and Recognition Truth and Memory: Opposing the Forgetfulness Project Reflecting on the Victims’ Claims for Justice from a Southern Perspective: An Open Conclusion on Restorative Justice References 10 Pop Culture as Environmental Education in Japan: The Case of Hayao Miyazaki’s Kaze-no-tani-no-Naushika Introduction Manga and Animation as the Dominant Form of Pop Culture in Japan Kaze no Tani no Naushika and Environmental–Ethical Conflict Ethical Dilemmas in Human–Nature Interactions Discussion Conclusion References Part III Global Dialogues About Crime and Destruction in the South 11 Revisiting Rosa: Eco-Bio-Genocide, Drug Wars, and Southern Green Criminology Introduction Rosa Del Olmo and the ‘War on Drugs’ Moving ‘Beyond the West’ Drugs, Environment, and Climate Change Environmental Costs of Drug Production Environmental Costs of Drug Eradication Policies Climate Change and Colonial Wars in Latin America Conclusion: Eco-Bio-Genocide and the Agenda for a Southern Green Criminology References 12 Colonialism, Knowledge, and the White Man’s Burden Introduction Identity and Knowledge Cosmology and Knowledge Hybridity and Identity Really Useful Knowledge Symbolism and Engagement Intellectual Field and Knowledge Production Sustainability in the Higher Education Sector Educational Workers in Social Context Sustainability? Decolonising Knowledge in Problematic Circumstances Conclusion References Index