ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the green criminology and the eco-global criminology. The concept eco-global criminology is most appropriate because it best conveys the interplay between nature and human society/the societal or culture. The term green in criminology was originally a way to link this field of research to what in some countries are defined as green political movements. The study of environmental harm within the context of criminology has become established and recognized both internationally and in the Nordic countries as green criminology. The topics of eco-global research have a wide scope: they include legal and illegal abuse of animals, harm to ecosystems and biodiversity, climate change and the consequences of all these to people and societies. White's idea of ecological justice and the concept of ecological citizenship are in conflict with the hegemonic vision which perceives the cultural as separated from the natural.
