Half-century of hunting prohibition in Brazil: consequences of an inadequate wildlife management policy

Authors

  • Walfrido Moraes Tomas Embrapa Pantanal, Laboratório de Vida Selvagem, Corumbá/MS, Brasil
  • William E. Magnusson Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus/AM, Brasil
  • Guilherme Mourão Embrapa Pantanal, Laboratório de Vida Selvagem, Corumbá/MS, Brasil
  • Helena Bergallo Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Ecologia, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil
  • Simone Linares Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista/SP, Brasil
  • Peter Gransden Crawshaw Junior Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros/CENAP/ICMBIO, Atibaia/SP, Brasil
  • Zilca Campos Embrapa Pantanal, Laboratório de Vida Selvagem, Corumbá/MS, Brasil
  • André Camilo Ecologia e Ação/ECOA, Campo Grande/MS, Brasil
  • Luciano M. Verdade Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Laboratório de Ecologia Isotópica, Caixa Postal 96, Piracicaba/SP, Brasil
  • Fernando Tortato Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Cuiabá/MT, Brasil
  • Carlos Peres Centre for Ecology, Evolution & Conservation, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, United Kingdon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v8i2.798

Keywords:

Hunting, legislation, wildlife management

Abstract

Hunting has been prohibited in Brazil since 1967 by the legislation that became known as "Wildlife Protection Bill". Since then, no effective wildlife management policy has been established in the country. The consequences are serious as hunting has never been efficiently controlled, and it is still very common in all regions of Brazil. Additionally, the country has failed in educating its population to understand wildlife as a relevant and valuable resource, as well as promoting its sustainable
use. The Brazilian universities never established an academic curriculum on wildlife manager, as this type of
professional was never considered as a relevant need under the hunting prohibition. The result of such reality
is an endangered species list that increases the number of species at each reviewed version, and the poaching
is one of the main causes of this pattern. The largest tropical country in the world lacks the implementation
of a comprehensive, modern and science-based wildlife management policy instead of the "all prohibited"
logic that is ruling nowadays. The objective of this opinion article is to stimulate a reflection on the wildlife
management in Brazil, pointing out the need of a more effective wildlife management system.

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Published

2018-08-09

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Caça: subsídios para a gestão de unidades de conservação e manejo de espécies (v. 2)

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