The transformation of public danger of environmentally hazardous acts is considered. It has been established that in the process of historical development, the approach to determining their harmfulness has changed: previously it was associated with the violation of ownership rights to natural resources, and now it is associated with the possibility of complete destruction or change of nature. It is stated that the nature of the public danger of environmental crimes has greatly changed. The main actions that have a negative impact on the natural environment have been identified. It has been established that the degree of social danger of these acts has greatly increased. It is noted that the transformation of the public danger of the analyzed acts occurred in a very short period of time, and the current criminal law does not take into account the changes in full. Special measures are proposed to improve the criminal law protection of the environment and natural resources: taking into account the selfish motive when committing them, the formation of elements of environmental crimes as compounds of real danger

environmental crimes, social danger, naturalresources, pollution, selfish motivation

Zabavko Roman Alekseevich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Assistant Professor of Department of Criminal Law, Law Institute, Irkutsk State University (1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation), e-mail: zrairk@gmail.com

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