Environmental Violation Fines Growth in the Northern Region of Santa Catarina State, Brazil

Costa, Jessica da Silva; Sousa, Raquel Valério de; Liesenberg, Veraldo

doi:10.1590/2179-8087.007319

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Original Article, Conservation of Nature • Floresta Ambient. 27 (1) • 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8087.007319 copy

Environmental Violation Fines Growth in the Northern Region of Santa Catarina State, Brazil

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ABSTRACT

This study aimed to diagnose the environmental infractions that occurred in the northern region of Santa Catarina State (Southern Brazil). The environmental infractions were classified by category and by violation activities concerning the hydrographic regions of Canoinhas Plateau and Baixada Norte from 2014 to 2018 to assess the growth and causes of a diagnosis regarding the environmental damages occurrences. Results indicated that the major illegal environmental practices registered in both region are related to environmental violations regarding the damage caused in native vegetation, and these damages are caused without authorization of the competent environmental authority. In addition, it was also important to note the activity of maintaining birds in captivity and of functioning of potentially pollutant activities or establishments that do not have a license of the competent regional environmental agencies. Therefore, efforts from the Environmental Policy should be directed to implement a forest monitoring system using remote sensing technology apart from starting a stronger cooperation with municipal authorities from Santa Catarina State by promoting Environmental Monitoring Programs (EMP).

Keywords:
environmental policy; environmental crime; environmental legislation

Category	Activities	Article
Flora	To damage native vegetation without license	50
	To destroy native vegetation reaching Permanent Preservation Area (PPA) without authorization	43
	To harvest trees without permission	44
	To turn wood into coal for industrial purposes without a license	46
	To store wood of native origin or acquire coal without Forest Origin Document (DOF)	47
	To prevent natural regeneration of forests	48
	To use a chainsaw to cut vegetation without license	57
Fauna	To maintain fauna species in captivity without authorization	24
	Prohibited fishing	35
	To exercise fishing without a license	37
	To fish using prohibited gear	36
Pollution	To pollute causing significant destruction of biodiversity	61
	To launch oily substance in disagreement with the established requirements	62
	To store toxic substance	64
	To build potentially polluting establishments without license	66
Others	To extract minerals without the competent permission	63
	To fail to enroll in the Federal Technical Register	76
	To hinder the action of public authorities in the exercise of environmental inspection	77
	To break an embargo	79

Category	Article	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Flora	43	11 (13%)	11 (14%)	9 (11%)	13 (17%)	11 (12%)
	44	13 (15%)	10 (13%)	14 (18%)	8 (11%)	19 (20%)
	46	2 (3%)	3 (4%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)	0 (0%)
	47	13 (15%)	13 (17%)	17 (21%)	14 (18%)	15 (16%)
	48	0 (0%)	1 (1%)	2 (3%)	4 (5%)	3 (3%)
	50	44 (51%)	38 (50%)	34 (43%)	37 (48%)	43 (46%)
	57	2 (3%)	1 (1%)	2 (3%)	0 (0%)	3 (3%)
	Total	85 (100%)	77 (100%)	79 (100%)	77 (100%)	94 (100%)
Fauna	24	10 (63%)	20 (67%)	15 (58%)	58 (84%)	27 (59%)
	35	3 (18%)	7 (23%)	9 (34%)	8 (12%)	18 (39%)
	36	1 (6%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
	37	2 (13%)	3 (10%)	2 (8%)	3 (4%)	1 (2%)
	Total	16 (100%)	30 (100%)	26 (100%)	69 (100%)	46 (100%)
Pollution	61	1 (8%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1(10%)	0 (0%)
	62	3 (23%)	1 (6%)	1 (9%)	5 (50%)	2 (17%)
	64	2 (15%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
	66	7 (54%)	15 (94%)	10 (91%)	4 (40%)	10 (83%)
	Total	13(100%)	16(100%)	11(100%)	10(100%)	12(100%)
Others	63	0 (0%)	1(50%)	1 (17%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
	76	0 (0%)	0(0%)	3 (50%)	0 (0%)	1 (25%)
	77	1 (33%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
	79	2 (67%)	1(50%)	2 (33%)	0 (0%)	3 (75%)
	Total	3 (100%)	2 (100%)	6 (100%)	0 (100%)	4 (100%)

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[1] Jessica da Silva CostaLaboratório de Geoprocessamento, Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia Florestal, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC, Avenida Luiz de Camões, 2090, Bairro Conta Dinheiro, CEP 88520-000, Lages, SC, Brasil e-mail: jessica.dsilvacosta@gmail.com