Frontiers of Environmental Law Enforcement: Innovations, Challenges, and Global Responses - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3032102049 ISBN 13: 9783032102041

Publisher: Springer, 2026

Synopsis

This book examines environmental law enforcement in the 21st century, tackling urgent challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and transnational environmental crimes. It traces how environmental offenses evolve and shows which legal frameworks address them effectively.

The book links environmental protection with climate action, emphasizing adaptive laws, global governance, and nature-based solutions. It highlights environmental justice and equity, promoting inclusive approaches. It analyzes rising threats, including transnational crime, ecocide, environmental terrorism, and digital platforms that enable illegal activities. It also presents advanced forensic methods to investigate these crimes.

The text explores emerging law enforcement trends, including artificial intelligence, and investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic shifts patterns of environmental crime worldwide. It identifies obstacles in enforcing laws across borders and demonstrates how climate change intensifies environmental risks.

The book showcases innovative investigative techniques such as geospatial technologies, drones, and citizen science for detecting offenses. It evaluates legal strategies that recognize the rights of nature, apply restorative justice, and integrate human rights into environmental protection.

Through case studies and practical examples, the book equips policymakers, scholars, criminologists, and law enforcement professionals with tools to respond to complex environmental threats. It also serves readers interested in how law, technology, and environmental protection interact in a rapidly changing world.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Mohamed Mliless is an independent Moroccan scholar specializing in ecolinguistics and critical environmental discourse analysis. He holds a PhD in applied linguistics from Moulay Ismail University in Meknes, Morocco. His research engages deeply with the intersection of language, environment, and social justice, contributing to the emerging field of ecolinguistics with a distinctive focus on Global South perspectives. Dr. Mliless’s interdisciplinary work spans ecolinguistics, media literacy, environmental communication, and the linguistic framing of ecological issues. He is the author and coauthor of numerous scholarly publications, including books and peer-reviewed articles that examine environmental discourse, legal rhetoric, and media narratives.

Prof. Mamdooh Abdelmottlep is a distinguished Professor of Police Science and Law Enforcement and a globally recognized expert in criminal justice, security operations, and police administration. He currently teaches at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, and Texas A&M International University, offering courses on terrorism, white-collar crime, and police administration. As Executive Director of the International Police Science Association (IPSA), he leads major global initiatives including the World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI) and the Global Policing and Security Index (GPSI), while overseeing IPSA’s leadership training programs, consulting services, and the International Journal of Police Sciences (IJPS).

Dr. Hector R. Garcia has served in public safety for over three decades and has held law enforcement positions ranging from patrol, detective, lieutenant, captain, major, deputy chief, and chief. He has lectured extensively on leadership development in the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East. He has provided professional development sessions for the US Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy Associates, the US Department of Homeland Security, several international Ministries of Justice and the Interior, and a wide range of other public safety and professional organizations.

From the Back Cover

This book examines environmental law enforcement in the 21st century, tackling urgent challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and transnational environmental crimes. It traces how environmental offenses evolve and shows which legal frameworks address them effectively.

The book links environmental protection with climate action, emphasizing adaptive laws, global governance, and nature-based solutions. It highlights environmental justice and equity, promoting inclusive approaches. It analyzes rising threats, including transnational crime, ecocide, environmental terrorism, and digital platforms that enable illegal activities. It also presents advanced forensic methods to investigate these crimes.

The text explores emerging law enforcement trends, including artificial intelligence, and investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic shifts patterns of environmental crime worldwide. It identifies obstacles in enforcing laws across borders and demonstrates how climate change intensifies environmental risks.

The book showcases innovative investigative techniques such as geospatial technologies, drones, and citizen science for detecting offenses. It evaluates legal strategies that recognize the rights of nature, apply restorative justice, and integrate human rights into environmental protection.

Through case studies and practical examples, the book equips policymakers, scholars, criminologists, and law enforcement professionals with tools to respond to complex environmental threats. It also serves readers interested in how law, technology, and environmental protection interact in a rapidly changing world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3032102049
• ISBN 13: 9783032102041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 156
• Editor: Mliless Mohamed, Abdelmottlep Mamdooh Abdelhameed, Garcia Hector R.