ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the varied ways in which technology and knowledge about technology are linked to the green criminology project, and how violations against, and protections of, the environment almost always involve a technological dimension. It explores how technology is portrayed and utilised across several domains of criminological interest, and in particular the challenges it poses for thinking within and about a green criminology perspective. The use of forensic techniques in dealing with environmental crime is an expanding and evermore sophisticated area of work within environmental law enforcement agencies and networks. Illegal fishing and illegal logging can be tracked through the employment of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing at the point of origin and at the point of final sale. The use of phylogenetic DNA profiling as a tool for the investigation of poaching also offers a potential deterrent in that regular testing allows for the linking of abalone species and/or subspecies to a particular country of origin.
