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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · 14d

🍂 Just like autumn, the new issue of the GREEN Working Group newsletter has arrived! 🍁

This edition is packed with updates and insights!

Whether you're deep into #greencriminology or just curious about the latest developments, this issue has something for you.

🔗 www.uu.nl/en/research/...

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · 19d

Happy to share that a chapter I wrote with Avi Brisman is out! Here we challenge the conventional North-South narrative in wildlife trafficking research by employing the idea of “internal Souths” within affluent countries.

Read the full chapter here: link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

“Internal Souths” in the Global North

Much of the research on wildlife trafficking often centres on countries in the Global South, which are frequently rich in biodiversity. Such research frames these countries as the primary sources of t...

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Ed Gibney @edgibney.bsky.social · 29d

Have they not seen Attenborough’s latest documentary??

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules

Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider

www.theguardian.com

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Aug 25

Working on a report on aquaculture, focused on salmon farming.

Study frames this, rightly, as "food crime", which reveals "how practices that are presented as ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’ can entail systemic environmental & social injustices"

@theferret.scot

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Aquaculture is framed as a key contributor to global food security and sustainable food production. Yet, in its industrial form, it involves several harmful practices that negatively impact food secur...

link.springer.com

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you so much, Rosaleen! 🤩

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Really important article examining #harms from @monicapons.bsky.social & @guillemrubio.bsky.social comparing #AtlanticSalmon & #EuropeanEel in #Aquaculture. The narrative of ecological sustainability & reduced pressure on ‘wild’ fish needs a fundamental rethink #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology ⬇️

Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Aug 13

"The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating Them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology" is out!

I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Aquaculture is framed as a key contributor to global food security and sustainable food production. Yet, in its industrial form, it involves several harmful practices that negatively impact food secur...

link.springer.com

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you, Hannah! Your work has been really inspiring!! 🤩

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Ed Gibney @edgibney.bsky.social · Aug 13

Love the abstract of this paper. Congratulations, Monica!

Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Aug 13

"The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating Them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology" is out!

I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Aquaculture is framed as a key contributor to global food security and sustainable food production. Yet, in its industrial form, it involves several harmful practices that negatively impact food secur...

link.springer.com

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you so much! It means a lot!

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Aug 13

"The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating Them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology" is out!

I’m thrilled I got to work with the lovely @guillemrubio.bsky.social—I genuinely enjoyed and had fun working on the manuscript together 🧡
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Aquaculture is framed as a key contributor to global food security and sustainable food production. Yet, in its industrial form, it involves several harmful practices that negatively impact food secur...

link.springer.com

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Jul 24

1/ 📄New paper! Alison Hutchinson @georgeiorda.bsky.social Teresa Lappe-Osthege & myself have developed a new harms-based #PoliticalEcology as a way of understanding the #WildlifeTrade published in @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social ⬇️
beastlybusiness.org/2025/07/23/n...

New paper on harms-based political ecology - Beastly Business

Our team members Alison Hutchinson, Rosaleen Duffy, George Iordachescu and Teresa Lappe-Osthege developed an idea of bringing together debates on harms from green criminology with political ecology co...

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Jul 7

Join us in Athens for this year’s GREEN Working Group Pre-ESC event "Environmental crime, policing & social control"🌎

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Excellent piece on #GlassEel trade in @mongabay.com - and as ever @monicapons.bsky.social is absolutely spot on. Eel consumption always relies on wild caught fish, & the valuable trade attracts criminal networks #IWT #WildlifeTrade #EuropeanEel #EnvironmentalCrime

Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Jun 25

I recently contributed to a Mongabay article on the illegal glass eel trade—a critical issue for environmental crime research.
Thank you, Keith Anthony Fabro, for giving me the chance to share insights on this topic and engaging with my work.

📖 Read it here:
news.mongabay.com/2025/06/glas...

Glass eel smuggling booms despite bans, leaving species on the brink

Tiny, translucent and no longer than a finger, juvenile European eels, also known as glass eels, might not look like much. But demand for these slippery creatures, particularly in East Asia, has made ...

news.mongabay.com

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Jun 25

I recently contributed to a Mongabay article on the illegal glass eel trade—a critical issue for environmental crime research.
Thank you, Keith Anthony Fabro, for giving me the chance to share insights on this topic and engaging with my work.

📖 Read it here:
news.mongabay.com/2025/06/glas...

Glass eel smuggling booms despite bans, leaving species on the brink

Tiny, translucent and no longer than a finger, juvenile European eels, also known as glass eels, might not look like much. But demand for these slippery creatures, particularly in East Asia, has made ...

news.mongabay.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jun 8

I've just watched Attenborough's Oceans film. It's excellent. But my overwhelming feeling is "at last!" I've been waiting, and fruitlessly lobbying, for a film like this for 40 years. But the institutional cowardice of the broadcasters has stymied such projects, until now.

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Guillem Rubio-Ramon @guillemrubio.bsky.social · Apr 25

My first paper from my PhD is out! In it, I argue that viewing pigs as both resources (that feed) and as more-than-resources (to be fed) is crucial for understanding how nonhuman animals make nations and how, in turn, nations make nonhuman animals.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Animals that feed nations and nations that feed animals: industrially farmed pigs as nation-building resources in Catalonia

This paper examines industrially farmed pigs in Catalonia, a stateless nation within Spain and a major pig meat producer, to expand existing understan…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Mar 17

Norway rules out fish farm ban despite ‘existential threat’ to wild salmon www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Norway rules out fish farm ban despite ‘existential threat’ to wild salmon

Open-net farms to continue despite numbers of wild fish halving as minister looks for ‘acceptable’ pollution levels

www.theguardian.com

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Donna Yates @drdonnayates.bsky.social · Mar 10

Marc Balcells, criminólogo: “Los ladrones de tumbas trabajan y por la noche van a excavar” www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2025030...

Marc Balcells, criminólogo: “Los ladrones de tumbas trabajan y por la noche van a excavar”

Jan Téllez Asensio Barcelona, 9 mar (EFE).- Tras una investigación sobre el tráfico de bienes arqueológicos italianos, el criminólogo Marc Balcells narra en un libro quié...

www.lavanguardia.com

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Mar 3

Exciting news! I’ve been awarded the Extraordinary PhD Award by URV for my thesis on “Wildlife trafficking, speciesism & the European eel”. Grateful to my mentors, colleagues & loved ones for the support! Excited to continue researching marine wildlife harm at UiB! 🐋✨

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Feb 23

Excited to contribute to The Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Crime, with an entry on IUU Fishing! 🌊

A huge thanks to the editor, Prof. Rob White, for leading this important project. I’m thrilled to be part of this work and to share the space with amazing senior and early-career scholars.

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Feb 7

I am!! Thank you so much! ❤️

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Feb 4

Thank you!!

Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excited to start my MSCA #SEAS Postdoctoral Fellowship at the @unibergen.bsky.social! Looking forward to new research and collaborations in this inspiring environment!

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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · Jan 7

Sweet moment of celebration at @w-u-r.bsky.social as both my dear friend Emmanuel Adu-Ampong and I are launching our #ERC Starting Grant projects! Keep an eye out for #GreenFrontier & #Frictions research!

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Monica Pons Hernandez @monicapons.bsky.social · Dec 25

I'm thrilled to share that the paper I coauthored with the brilliant Dr Gohar Petrossian is now available in Marine Policy!

Read the full paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X24005694

Using crime script analysis to unveil illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing of European eels

The exploitation of European eels, driven by the global demand for eel meat, is contributing significantly to the declining populations of the species…

www.sciencedirect.com

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