Transnational environmental crime in the Asia Pacific: An 'un(der)securitized' security problem?

Pacific Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-522

  Elliott, Lorraine ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental crime; Illegal logging; ODS smuggling; Securitization theory; Transnational crime; Wildlife trafficking

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REGIONAL SECURITY; SMUGGLING; TRAFFICKING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 36349005856     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740701671995     Document Type: Article

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