Criminal Protection of the Environment

Abstract

This research aims to pay attention to the criminal protection of the environment, as the problem of environmental pollution has become a threat to the life of the human race and threatens the life of all living organisms above the earth. All kinds of encroachment on the ecological balance.
Violation in environmental crime derives its importance from the fact that it disturbs the environmental balance and leads to the deterioration of the stability of human life and its future. Therefore, it has been the focus of many legal studies in general, and in criminal matter in particular in terms of studying the elements of environmental crime, the penalties prescribed for it, and the adequacy and effectiveness of legislation in Achieving the necessary protection for the natural environment.
This research approach to the study of the environment was done by addressing its topic, by dividing it into two sections: the first dealt with "Environmental Crime Provisions", and studied in the second, "Preventive Measures and Criminal Sanctions for Environmental Crimes".