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05/03/2012
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Environmental agents of the federal Regional Office Cachoeiro Itapemirim (Erci) in the Holy Spirit, carried out an operation on surveillance in the counties of Cachoeiro, Muqui and South Mimoso The focus of this action were florists and designers illegal wildlife. The combined fines exceed R$ 30.000.
Flora - The head of the Erci three shops in the region were fined for trading without a source document tree fern. Were 32 and 19 parts of the packaging plant powder. "The tree fern is from the fern-açu (" açu "in Tupi is" great "), whose scientific name is Dicksonia sellowiana, which can reach 10 feet tall as a palm tree. This species is listed those at risk of extinction and his court was prohibited on CONAMA Resolution 278/2001, "explains the head of the office.
Traders, besides the administrative process, which will respond in IBAMA can also respond to criminal proceedings in the prosecution, because they committed crimes against flora. All the seized material was donated to an orphanage Itapemirim.
Wildlife - In addition to the tree fern, thirteen animals were also seized during this operation. Thirteen birds were sent, two parrots threatened with extinction, to the Screening Center of Wild Animals (Cetas) in the city of Serra.
Keeping wildlife in captivity without proper authorization from the competent environmental agency's environmental crime. Besides losing all animals, the farmer receives a fine of R$ 500,00 per animal and this value can be increased to R$ 5.000 if the species found in illegal captivity is in the list of endangered animals.
Balance in 2011 - The balance of the activities performed by the office over the past year has been released and were issued by the office servers, 625 notices of violation, which resulted in application of approximately R$ 5.6 Millions in fines.
Important to note that crimes were recorded in several areas: fauna, flora, fisheries, pollution / degradation. In addition, irregularities were found in companies with regard to the Federal Technical Registry.
The sum of animals seized in 2011 reached 2.126. Of these, 1.715 were referred to the Center for Reintroduction of Wild Animals (Cereals) or Screening Center of Wild Animals (Cetas Serra). Among the animals sent to the centers, 390 are listed as endangered species. To the head of Erci, this finding is significant when one considers the return of biological materials to nature.
Luciana Carvalho
Ascom IBAMA / ES
Source: IBAMA
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