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POLITICS
Freeland Brasil works towards a sustainable world free of illegal wildlife trade, by being dedicated to public policy and international articulation, to institutionalize the fight against wildlife trafficking in Brazil and South America.
MESA REDONDA MACACO NÃO É PET
A Sociedade Brasileira de Primatologia uniu especialistas na Mesa redonda "Macaco não é pet", em fevereiro de 2021. Juliana Machado Ferreira, Diretora Executiva da Freeland Brasil foi uma das convidadas.
O intuito foi discutirem por que macacos não devem ser animais de estimação e por que motivos não deveriam estar na "lista pet" para animais silvestres que está em discussão no governo federal. Vários temas forão tratados, como conservação, tráfico, comercialização, bem estar e comportamento.
O intuito foi discutirem por que macacos não devem ser animais de estimação e por que motivos não deveriam estar na "lista pet" para animais silvestres que está em discussão no governo federal. Vários temas forão tratados, como conservação, tráfico, comercialização, bem estar e comportamento.
MANIFESTO SOBRE ARMAS DE FOGO, BIODIVERSIDADE E SERVIÇOS AMBIENTAIS
A Freeland-Brasil é uma 137 organizações da sociedade civil que registraram o Manifesto sobre Armas de Fogo, Biodiversidade e Serviços Ambientais através de Ofício enviado aos presidentes da Câmara dos Deputados, Dep. Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), e do Senado Federal, Sen. Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP), em 24/08/2020 pedindo a revogação de decretos e portarias editadas pelo governo Bolsonaro que favorecem a flexibilização da legislação em favor da caça e do acesso às armas de fogo. Essa estratégia muito bem orquestrada, não só amplia o rol de armas aos caçadores, como limita a utilização de armas por agentes de fiscalização ambiental, como o IBAMA, avançando ainda mais no desmonte da política ambiental brasileira.
O manifesto pede medidas urgentes por parte do parlamento brasileiro para que pautem e aprovem os Projetos de Decretos Legislativos que tratam do tema, a fim de sustar o processo de facilitação ao acesso de armas e munições aos CACs (Colecionadores, Atiradores e Caçadores), incentivando a caça e ameaçando a já fragilizada vida silvestre em nosso país.
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O manifesto pede medidas urgentes por parte do parlamento brasileiro para que pautem e aprovem os Projetos de Decretos Legislativos que tratam do tema, a fim de sustar o processo de facilitação ao acesso de armas e munições aos CACs (Colecionadores, Atiradores e Caçadores), incentivando a caça e ameaçando a já fragilizada vida silvestre em nosso país.
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WORKSHOP: LEGISLATION AND WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
For the first time, a Workshop on Law Enforcement in Cases of Wildlife Trafficking was held with the participation of representatives of different sectors of surveillance, police, prosecutors and the judiciary. The event took place in May at the Prosecution Office of the State of São Paulo.
Freeland Brasil held the event in partnership with the US Department of State, the Prosecution Office of the State of São Paulo, AJUFE (Association of Federal Judges of Brazil), Abrampa (Brazilian Association of Members of the Public Prosecution Service of for the Environment) and the US Department of Justice and Forest Service, as well as the participation of the Latin American Network of Environmental Prosecution.
The Workshop on Legislation Applied in Wildlife Trafficking Cases was attended by representatives of different enforcement sectors, police, prosecutors and the judiciary. Participants produced a joint understanding on the subject, especially for delegates, prosecutors and magistrates, with the aim of subsidizing a most effective fight against wildlife trafficking, a crime that has serious social and environmental consequences.
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Freeland Brasil held the event in partnership with the US Department of State, the Prosecution Office of the State of São Paulo, AJUFE (Association of Federal Judges of Brazil), Abrampa (Brazilian Association of Members of the Public Prosecution Service of for the Environment) and the US Department of Justice and Forest Service, as well as the participation of the Latin American Network of Environmental Prosecution.
The Workshop on Legislation Applied in Wildlife Trafficking Cases was attended by representatives of different enforcement sectors, police, prosecutors and the judiciary. Participants produced a joint understanding on the subject, especially for delegates, prosecutors and magistrates, with the aim of subsidizing a most effective fight against wildlife trafficking, a crime that has serious social and environmental consequences.
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MEMBER OF THE MOVEMENT: ALL AGAINST HUNTING
In August 2018, Freeland Brasil became an integral part of the “All Against Hunting” movement (#todoscontracaça), which has lawsuits against ongoing projects seeking to release wild game hunting. Approximately 40 national and international organizations are part of the movement. The movement arose from finding bills that put the environment, flora and national fauna at risk.
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INTEGRAL PART OF THE PRO-BIODIVERSITY ALLIANCE
In June 2018, Freeland Brasil became an integral part of the Pro-Biodiversity Alliance. The Pro Biodiversity Alliance - APB is a collective formed by environmentalists and researchers from various areas of knowledge whose mission is to monitor and combat actions, activities and projects that put ecosystems and species of our fauna and flora at risk of extinction or degradation.
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DRAFT LAW 6268/2016
Freeland Brasil has been carrying out technical support work for Federal Deputies with regard to PL 6268/2016 (also called “PL da caça” or “Hunting DL”), which aims to be a new wildlife wildlife policy for Brazil and which, among other provisions, allows sport and professional hunting of wild animals. Freeland Brasil produced a technical note on the draft and supported the organization of a public hearing held in the city of São Paulo in April 2018.
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NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Freeland Brasil organized in November 2017, in collaboration with Ibama and the Public Prosecutor of São Paulo, and with the support from USAID-Brazil, the US Embassy in Brasilia, the Regional Environmental Office in Lima and the US Consulate General in São Paulo, the "1st Meeting for the Development of a National Strategy to Combat Wildlife Trafficking".
The meeting resulted in a proposal that stayed in the institutions present to obtain institutional support, in addition to being presented to relevant actors who could not attend.
Present were representatives of various boards of the Ministry of the Environment,the Supervisory Coordination of the Chico Mendes Institute, the Supervisory Coordination of IBAMA, the IBRAM-DF, the Prosecutor Office of São Paulo, the Federal Prosecutor Office, and representatives from Federal Deputies, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the US Ocean, Environment and Scientific Affairs Bureau, the World Conservation Society-Peru, the Peruvian Federal Prosecutor's Office, and others.
The National Strategy will act as a guide to build political will and to coordinate joint actions across different sectors and levels of government to combat wildlife trafficking more effectively.
The meeting resulted in a proposal that stayed in the institutions present to obtain institutional support, in addition to being presented to relevant actors who could not attend.
Present were representatives of various boards of the Ministry of the Environment,the Supervisory Coordination of the Chico Mendes Institute, the Supervisory Coordination of IBAMA, the IBRAM-DF, the Prosecutor Office of São Paulo, the Federal Prosecutor Office, and representatives from Federal Deputies, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the US Ocean, Environment and Scientific Affairs Bureau, the World Conservation Society-Peru, the Peruvian Federal Prosecutor's Office, and others.
The National Strategy will act as a guide to build political will and to coordinate joint actions across different sectors and levels of government to combat wildlife trafficking more effectively.
STATE WILDLIFE POLICY
Freeland Brasil has been working with State Representatives to clarify the proposal presented by the São Paulo State Secretariat of Environment for a new State Wildlife Policy. Freeland is producing a note and assisting a Deputy to secure a public hearing for the discussion of the Proposal, which, among other things, calls on the Government to promote the commercial breeding of endangered wildlife.
INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES, MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN BRASILIA, DF.
Freeland Brasil , represented by its Education Coordinator, Leandro Marques Bondar, participated in the International Course on Investigation of Environmental Crimes at the Ministry of Environment in Brasilia, a partnership between IBAMA, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the South American Network of Inspection and Environmental Compliance (Red Sufica). The course took place in October 2017 and was given by two US Department of Justice prosecutors specialized in environmental crimes. Participants include representatives of the environmental agencies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, as well as members of the Federal Police and Public Prosecution Office of Brazil.
PUBLIC HEARING: PROTECTION POLICY FOR WILDLIFE, SÃO PAULO, SP
Freeland Brasil attended the public hearing to discuss Wildlife Protection Policies, held in August 2017 at the Legislative Assembly in São Paulo, regarding the Federal Draft Law 6268/2016 and reflections for a state policy. The discussion schedule included the perspective of wildlife management, perspective of inspection and subsidies for new legislation in the state of São Paulo and debate with the plenary.
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY SEMINAR (NESS)
The Federal Police, for its Division of Reprression of Crimes against the Environment and Historical Heritage (DMAPH/CGPFAZ/DICOR), and for its National Central Office of INTERPOL in Brazil, and in partnership with the Environmental Security Program of the General Secretariat of INTERPOL, organized the National Seminar on Environmental Security, which took place in May 2017, in Brasília/DF.
The purpose of the event was to bring together representatives of strategic environmental law enforcement bodies to discuss national priorities in this area and to identify coordinated interinstitutional responses against environmental crime.
The objective was the formation, from this event, of a National Group Specialized in Environmental Safety, which will facilitate the cooperation between the different institutions involved with the subject at national level, as well as the communication with other similar groups formed in other countries of the world. The Executive Director of Freeland Brasil was invited to the event, gave a presentation on the Articulations to Combat Wildlife Trafficking in South America, and signed, along with the other participants, the compromise minutes generated at the end of the meeting.
The purpose of the event was to bring together representatives of strategic environmental law enforcement bodies to discuss national priorities in this area and to identify coordinated interinstitutional responses against environmental crime.
The objective was the formation, from this event, of a National Group Specialized in Environmental Safety, which will facilitate the cooperation between the different institutions involved with the subject at national level, as well as the communication with other similar groups formed in other countries of the world. The Executive Director of Freeland Brasil was invited to the event, gave a presentation on the Articulations to Combat Wildlife Trafficking in South America, and signed, along with the other participants, the compromise minutes generated at the end of the meeting.
REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON COOPERATION TO COMBAT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Freeland Brasil participated in the Regional Cooperation Conference to combat wildlife trafficking in South America, held in March 2017 in Bogota, Colombia. This activity was carried out by the Environmental Program, Section on Narcotics Issues and Law Enforcement - INL of the United States Embassy in Colombia and the Colombian Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, with the participation of the Regional Environment Office for South America of the United States Department of State.
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