A green criminological perspective on environmental crime: The anthropocentric, ecocentric and biocentric impact of defaunation

Increasing attention is given to the trade in wildlife, since it is believed that we are on the brink of the Sixth Mass Extinction, an event characterized by the loss of between 17,000 and 100,000 species on a yearly basis. Although habitat loss is the main threat, illegal trade is the second most important hazard to species, with several unmanageable side-effects and harm to people, animals and ecosystems. In this article the anthropocentric, ecocentric and biocentric impact of defaunation has been explored from a green criminological perspective.