Environmental Crime

Question 1

Clean and Green NZ

Answer 1

No regulatory framework on environmental issues.

Question 2

Anthropocentrism

Answer 2

The belief that sees humans as distinct from and superior to the non human world.

Question 3

Capitalism and Nature

Answer 3

The assumption that Capitalism takes from nature, but this only makes sense of we think of humans as detached from nature.

Question 4

Green Criminology

Answer 4

Environmental harm/crime.
Responses by governments and environmental groups.
Representation of environmental crimes in media.
Protests against environmental harms.

Question 5

Eco Justice Framework

Answer 5

1. Legal lens: dumping rubbish on public land.
2. Ecological lens: rivers becoming polluted.
3. Eco Justice lens: loss of access to clean water.

Question 6

Environmental Harm

Answer 6

Central Plains Water Scheme

Question 7

Farming in NZ

Answer 7

1. Ecological destruction was encouraged as part of colonisation to create farms for settlers.
2. Over the course of the 20th century, it has become one of the most important aspects of NZ economy.

Question 8

Class and Environmental Crime

Answer 8

Environmental crimes are often committed by the rich and powerful