I need to present a presentation on an environmental crime, any ideas please?

Question

It can not be Chernobyl, the recent sewage leek in scotland or an oil spill. It also has to be something where i can access alot of information so i can present it, also something interesting.

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

You could go for the big scale things, hunting endangered species, pollution disasters.

Perhaps going for a different angle, small scale environmental crimes, would get attention?  The person who dumps his used car oil down the gutter into the sewer, the person who leaves a dead car battery on the side of the road, etc. These are much more "real" to the common person than just another disaster story from a far away country.

Answer 2

George Bush removing preservation orders on forests that took years for environmentalists to obtain?

(That's environmental rape which is not legally defined as a crime but if they introduced a new law...)

Answer 3

Have you considered the persecution of raptors (birds of prey) in the UK as a presentation on environmental crime - wildlife crime is occuring at a much higher rate than incidents such as Chernoybl or the sewage spill into the Forth. There is plenty of documentary evidence available on the internet and by way of organisations such as the RSPB, Raptor Monitoring Group, SNH, etc.

Answer 4

Talk about Rachel Carson and her book A Silent Spring. Through now refuted studies and a failure to discuss the benefits of DDT in killing mosquitoes untold millions of children have died of malaria.

Answer 5

Sure, As the Earths population climbs over 3 Billion people

and more And more people re cycle's. There will still be growing landfills that can be turned into Methane gas for Methane Turbine Energy, thus providing yet another Re-usable cheaper energy to raise a eye brow and bring a bigger pride to the community.

( Family Photo Albums sold separate )  Hows That !

Answer 6

A crime to me is dieing something wrong with intent ,an accident is not a crime with intent.

Answer 7

How about the Bhopal Disaster 1984?

The Bhopal Disaster took place in the early hours of the morning of December 3, 1984, in the heart of the city of Bhopal, India, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It was caused by the release of 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from a Union Carbide India,

The BBC gives the death toll as nearly 3,000 people dead initially, and at least 15,000 from related illnesses since. Greenpeace cites 20,000 total deaths as its conservative estimate. Bhopal is frequently cited as the world's worst industrial disaster.

I am sure there will be lots of information available from this as it happened a while ago and was a large internation disaster.

Answer 8

Environmental Crime?? Woah...hold your horses there. What on earth is an environmental crime? Am I a criminal because I don't use flourescent light bulbs? Ok, just joking there. Well, earlier in this century, people were rounding up wild mustangs, and selling them to make pet food out of. Is that a crime? It is pretty horrible.

I don't think humans have to protect the environment, because it isn't fragile. I just think we should respect it.

Answer 9

You could look at cross border disputes in relation to water resources.  Dam building in one country leading to a lack of water in another might be found illegal in an international court.

It is certainly the source of conflicts.  You may have to search UN databases for whether it fits as a definition of crime.

While environmental spills are not a crime, neglect is.  So it is worth looking to see if companies responsible for environmental accidents were found guilty of neglect.

Answer 10

The Bhopal disaster in India attracted a lot of media interest. I don't think you'll be short of material with that one.

Or…how about…The Ellen Brokovich story.

Answer 11

Environmental crime is a serious and growing international problem, with criminals violating national and international laws put in place to protect the environment. These criminals are polluting the air, water and land. They are pushing commercially valuable wildlife species closer to extinction and they are significantly impacting the biological integrity of the planet.

Environmental crime can be divided into pollution & wildlife

Enviromental crimes range from chernobyl as you mentioned to fly tipping maybe look on this website http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk

as it may have facts and figures that you need.