APPENDIX 3
Memorandum from the Environmental Justice
Project
The Environmental Justice Project (EJP) is pleased
to submit evidence to the Environmental Audit Sub-Committee inquiry
into Wildlife Crime.
The EJP comprises the Environmental Law Foundation
(ELF), Leigh, Day & Co and WWF. For the last 18 months, we
have conducted a review of access to environmental justice in
the civil and criminal justice systems in England and Wales. Our
final report was launched on 24 March 2004 and represents the
first in-depth, across the board investigation into the efficacy
of environmental justice in the 21st century.
We are pleased to enclose a copy of our final
Report (not published, see footnote[1])
and refer the Sub-Committee to the following paragraphs in relation
to the questions posed:
Question 1: What is the scale and
impact of wildlife crime? Please see paragraphs 95-97 and 121-125.
Question 2: Is the framework of national
and European law and of international regulation robust enough
to deal with wildlife crime effectively? Please see paragraphs
148-161 and the Executive Summary and Recommendations on pages
14-18 of the Report.
Question 3: Do responsible bodies[2]
who deal with this type of crime have sufficient resources and
powers to do so? Do they treat wildlife crime with proper and
due gravity? Please see paragraphs 100-108, 165-166, 176-179,
193-195, 197-201, 202, 208 and 219 and the Executive Summary and
Recommendations on pages 14-18 of the Report.
Question 4: Is there sufficient dialogue
and co-operation across Government and amongst the various bodies
responsible for dealing with this type of crime? Please see
paragraphs 220-222 and the Executive Summary and Recommendations
on pages 14-18 of the Report.
We hope that this information assists the Sub-Committee
in its deliberations. The EJP would be delighted to submit oral
evidence to the Sub-Committee to amplify these points. Please
contact myself, or any other member of the EJP (details provided
below).
April 2004
1 The report can be found at: http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/pdf/envirojustice.pdf Back
2
Defined to include regulatory bodies and the judiciary. Back
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