Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Combat Green Crimes: A Pathway to Sustainable Future.

Recent developments have shown an increase in the use of artificial intelligence in various domains, including medical field, banking, commerce etc. Not only this, artificial Intelligence is being used by various enforcement agencies in India for crime detection and prevention and the reason for the same is to curb the undue burden which is on the enforcement agencies. Green crimes or crime against the environment. Protection of wildlife and environment is of utmost importance and requires immediate attention. Green crime is rather on rise. Even though we have various laws for the protection of environment, yet the enforcement of the same is highly challenging due to vast forest areas and less personal in enforcement agencies. Artificial Intelligence can be a saving grace for the enforcement agencies for the prediction and prevention of green crimes in India. For instance, AI’s potential of Machine Learning and Deep Learning can be extremely helpful in detection of epicentre of green crimes, increasing surveillance and policing in such areas. AI based technologies can be used for monitoring, management and the conservation of biodiversity and forest resources just like it is used by policing agencies of various states for the prediction and prevention of crimes in the city. The paper focuses on the implementation of AI induced technologies for prevention of green crimes in India.