The Efficacy of Administrative Orders and Sanctions in Regulating Corporate Environmental Crimes in Mining Areas in Tanzania

Mtavangu, Vicent Bartholomew

Abstract

Administrative orders and sanctions take a lion’s share among the environmental regulatory techniques in the Tanzanian mining areas. They are preferred by environmental enforcement agencies to regulate corporate environmental crimes, among others because they are administered at low cost. Despite such prevalence, most of the mining companies, even those that were previously served with environmental administrative orders and sanctions, have never stopped committing environmental crimes. Thus, this paper argues that environmental administrative measures do not have a deterrent effect against mining companies that largely commit environmental crimes. As such, they should be amalgamated with the civil and criminal modes of enforcement for effective regulation of corporate environmental crimes in mining areas.

Citation

Mtavangu, V. B. (2024). The Efficacy of Administrative Orders and Sanctions in Regulating Corporate Environmental Crimes in Mining Areas in Tanzania. Law, environment & development journal, 20(1), 033-052. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00041191

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 26, 2023
• Publication Date: Mar 27, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jan 2, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 2, 2024
• Journal: Law, Environment and Development Journal
• Electronic ISSN: 1746-5893
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 033-052
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00041191
• Publisher URL: https://lead-journal.org/volume20/#a2003