Trafficking in wild animals in the light of Brazilian law and international law treaties

ABSTRACT

The present study analyzes the main impacts of the international traffic of wild animals to man, according to

the Fauna Protection Law, Forest Code and Federal Constitution. Seeks to understand how Brazilian legislation

influences the adoption of measures against illegal trade in wild animals on national and international soil. It

makes a qualitative approach to the available literature on the subject, in the databases of Scielo, Lillacs and

Google Scholar, in addition to being based on environmental law indoctrinators who act as vanguards in the

fight against national and international trafficking of wild animals, using the Boolean search engine “and”

in combination with the descriptors “Wildlife Traffi cking”, “Forest Code” and “Fauna Protection Law”. He

understands that there are flaws in the inspection of the trafficking of wild animals, but, mainly, the feeling

of impunity prevails, encouraging the achievement of new environmental crimes. It is believed that tougher

laws and more efficient enforcement can contribute to minimizing the environmental impacts resulting from

predatory action against wild animals.

Keywords: Wild Animal Trafficking. Forest Code. Fauna Protection La