Invasive species policy in Brazil: a review and critical analysis

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学 Q2 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2022-11-16 DOI:10.1017/s0376892922000406

Larissa Faria, B. Carvalho, Laís Carneiro, N. Miiller, C. R. Pedroso, T. V. Occhi, L. Tonella, J. Vitule

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Abstract

Biological invasions represent one of the main threats to biodiversity and a recognized economic burden worldwide; the issue has been included in the conservation agenda such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Brazil is a signatory country of the CBD; however, the number of alien species records in its territory is continuously rising. To evaluate the invasive alien species (IAS) policy in Brazil, we reviewed the legislation delineating historical trends to identify potential gaps and avenues for improvement. We consulted several websites using keywords related to invasions in order to track legal instruments such as laws, decrees and regulations. We classified the documents regarding their main aims with regard to IAS, taxon and environment of interest. We found 85 legal instruments in force related to IAS published in the federal sphere up to October 2021, with decrees being the most common type. Most documents were classified as ‘control’ and ‘prevention’ and were related to all taxa and environments. Two species (wild boar Sus scrofa and golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei) have more specific legislation, probably due to their conspicuous economic impacts. We discuss policy gaps and their implications for the efficient management and prevention of new IAS introductions to the country.

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巴西入侵物种政策:回顾与批判性分析

生物入侵是对生物多样性的主要威胁之一，也是全世界公认的经济负担；该问题已被列入《生物多样性公约》等保护议程。巴西是《生物多样性公约》的签署国；然而，在其领土上的外来物种记录数量正在不断增加。为了评估巴西的外来入侵物种（IAS）政策，我们审查了描绘历史趋势的立法，以确定潜在的差距和改进途径。我们使用与入侵有关的关键词咨询了几个网站，以跟踪法律、法令和法规等法律文书。我们根据国际会计准则、分类单元和感兴趣的环境对文件的主要目的进行了分类。我们发现，截至2021年10月，联邦领域发布了85份与《国际会计准则》相关的有效法律文书，其中法令是最常见的类型。大多数文献被分类为“控制”和“预防”，并与所有分类群和环境有关。两个物种（野猪Sus scrofa和金贻贝Limnoperna fortunei）有更具体的立法，可能是因为它们显著的经济影响。我们讨论了政策差距及其对有效管理和防止向该国引入新的国际会计准则的影响。

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Environmental Conservation 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

5.20

自引率

3.70%

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审稿时长

>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Environmental Conservation is one of the longest-standing, most highly-cited of the interdisciplinary environmental science journals. It includes research papers, reports, comments, subject reviews, and book reviews addressing environmental policy, practice, and natural and social science of environmental concern at the global level, informed by rigorous local level case studies. The journal"s scope is very broad, including issues in human institutions, ecosystem change, resource utilisation, terrestrial biomes, aquatic systems, and coastal and land use management. Environmental Conservation is essential reading for all environmentalists, managers, consultants, agency workers and scientists wishing to keep abreast of current developments in environmental science.