{"product_id":"organized-environmental-crime-daan-van-uhm-9781440879609","title":"Organized Environmental Crime: Black Markets in Gold, Wildlife, and Timber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeveloping an innovative approach to understanding how organized crime groups diversify into the illegal trade in natural resources, this book looks at the convergence between environmental crime and other serious crimes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOrganized Environmental Crime\u003c\/i\u003e, Daan van Uhm breaks new ground by rejecting the classic image of organized crime as specializing in one kind of criminal activity. Instead, he develops an innovative approach to understanding how organized crime groups diversify into the illegal trade in natural resources by looking at the convergence between environmental crime and other serious crimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersonal stories from informants directly involved in organized crime networks offer unique insights into the black markets in gold, wildlife, and timber in three environmental crime hotspots: the Dari駭 Gap, a remote swath of jungle on the Colombia-Panama border in Latin America; the Golden Triangle, a notorious opium epicenter in Southeast Asia; and the eastern edge of the Congo basin, an important conflict area in Central Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe proliferation of organized environmental crime exacerbates the global destruction of ancient rainforests; the mass extinction of species; and the pollution of the atmosphere, land, and water, negatively affecting planet Earth. By uncovering its incentives, features, and harms, this book is crucial to understanding organized environmental crime in a rapidly changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daan Van Uhm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440879605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440879609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 5.98w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024","brand":"Daan Van Uhm","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44131106029823,"sku":"9781440879609","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b9d9956-803d-40ba-b97a-07d5ef3dc0bc.jpg?v=1687473042","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/organized-environmental-crime-daan-van-uhm-9781440879609","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}