THE WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN BRAZIL DEPICTED BY ON-LINE NEWS
The Wildlife Trafficking Observatory was launched in September 2020. Since its first edition different formats were implemented to better express the data, which now can be explored through a new interactive dashboard.
The Wildlife Trafficking Observatory follows the news reporting actions to fight wildlife trafficking in Brazil. In its initial editions, it was published as a periodic summary. After one year of analyses the data were consolidated in a special edition, and in 2023 the first report containing seizure data compiled from digital news was published.
Seizure data described in the report are now available in an interactive dashboard. It is possible to visualize the most frequent animal groups, the distinct seized item categories and the regions where they were seized, not only within Brazil but also in Argentina and Paraguay.
FREELAND KEEPS AN EYE ON THE NEWS ABOUT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN BRAZIL. FOLLOW THE COUNTER WITH AGGREGATE VALUES SINCE THE FIRST EDITION OF THE WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING OBSERVATORY
Last update: January/2025
*Numbers reflect the sum of registered offenders in all seizure events and do not exclude recurrent offenders
The values indicated here reflect what is described in the news and express only part of what is seized in the fight against wildlife trafficking in Brazil. Since the numbers of what is seized is not reported in all news, and not all seizures are reported, the values indicated here do not represent everything that constitutes wildlife trafficking.
PROJECT
The Wildlife Trafficking Observatory conducts a survey of the actions to counter wildlife trafficking reported in online media. Different illegal activities involving over-exploitation of wildlife constitute wildlife trafficking and include everything from collection and capture, maintenance, slaughter, transport, to the illegal trade of wild animals. The aim of this project is to contribute to raising awareness about wildlife trafficking and also to provide support tools to government institutions responsible for monitoring and combating crimes against wildlife.
The collected data comes from seizures reported by the media and/or the official websites of the institutions that carried out the seizures. It is important to emphasize that many trafficked animals are not detected and seized. Additionally, not all actions to combat wildlife trafficking are reported and, therefore, they end up not being included in the Observatory's compilation.
Also, not all news inform about the quantity, species, total number of animals seized, number of offenders and value of fines issued. Thus, the numbers presented here do not reflect the total numbers of the seizures, but only a portion of this quantity.
The Wildlife Trafficking Observatory is an initiative that integrates InfoTrafi from Freeland Brasil. The initiative involves activities aimed at raising awareness among the population, supporting governmental institutions, and is developed under a project funded by the Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State of the United States (INL).
TEAM
Concept e Coordination
Databasis
Website and Social Media
Intern
| Nadia Moraes-Barros
| Juliana Machado Ferreira
| Diana Cueva
| Jana Monteiro
| Felipe Balisa