Gorillas and Guerrillas: Environment and Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Publisher: Environmental Crime and Social Conflict: Contemporary and Emerging Issues
Author(s): Richard Milburn
Date: 2017
Topics: Governance, Humanitarian Assistance, Land, Renewable Resources
Countries: Congo (DRC)
This impressive collection of original essays explores the relationship between social conflict and the environment - a topic that has received little attention within criminology. The chapters provide a systematic and comprehensive introduction and overview of conflict situations stemming from human exploitation of environments, as well as the impact of social conflicts on the wellbeing and health of specific species and ecosystems. Largely informed by green criminology perspectives, the chapters in the book are intended to stimulate new understandings of the relationships between humans and nature through critical evaluation of environmental destruction and degradation associated with social conflicts occurring around the world. With a goal of creating a typology of environment-social conflict relationships useful for green criminological research, this study is essential reading for scholars and academics in criminology, as well as those interested in crime, law and justice.