Forms of environmental crime in agribusiness

Abstract

The environment represents our surrounding from which numerous capacities essential for normal functioning of living things are derived. Main, long-term goal of agribusiness is to ensure sufficiently stabile production of quality food, and at the same time to preserve essential natural resources, protect the environment and improve the life of individuals and of the broad community. For this purpose numerous measures are implemented which sometimes create new problems facing the human population in increasingly severe form and which, in addition to the expected positive impacts, also have numerous, long-term negative impacts on agro-eco systems. Today, the society is faced with increasingly complex environmental/ ecological problems which occur as the result of inadequate use of agro and zoo technical measures in agricultural production, as well as the result of their actions contrary to the 'code of good agricultural practice'. The vulnerability ranges from the mildest forms within the limits of tolerance, to the worst forms expressed to greater extent, where the consequences are manifested in form of ecological/environmental offenses. Wide range of forms of environmental crime endangers the environment with the negative impact on human life and health. This form of crime, compared to other forms, is far more dangerous since it can destroy the national economy, lead to spreading of different diseases and extinction of rare species of flora and fauna.

Životna sredina predstavlja okruženje iz koga se crpe brojni kapaciteti za normalno funkcionisanje živih bića. Osnovni, dugoročni cilj agrobiznisa je da obezbedi dovoljno stabilnu proizvodnju kvalitetne hrane, uz očuvanje osnovnih prirodnih resursa, zaštitu životne sredine i poboljšanje života pojedinca i šire zajednice. Za te svrhe ljudi koriste brojne mere koje ponekad stvaraju nove probleme sa kojima se čovečanstvo suočava u sve oštrijoj formi i koje pored očekivanih pozitivnih imaju brojne dugoročno negativne efekte u agroekosistemima. Danas se društvo sve više susreće sa složenim ekološkim problemima koji se javljaju usled neadekvatne upotrebe agro i zootehničkih mera u poljoprivrednoj proizvodnji, kao i usled njihovog postupanja suprotno 'kodeksu dobre poljoprivredne prakse'. Dijapazon ugroženosti kreće se od najblažih oblika u granicama tolerancije, do najtežih oblika izraženih u većem obimu, gde se posledice manifestuju u vidu ekoloških delikata. Širok spektar pojavnih oblika ekološkog kriminaliteta ugrožava životnu sredinu sa negativnim uticajem po život i zdravlje ljudi. Taj vid kriminaliteta, u poređenju sa drugim vidovima, je daleko opasniji, jer može uništiti nacionalnu ekonomiju, proširiti razne bolesti i dovesti do istrebljenja retkih vrsta flore i faune.