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12/07/2012
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Brasilia - IBAMA issued a partial balance of Operation New Directions II on Friday. The inspection team analyzed the situation of 35 companies that were inconsistent with the national regulations and graved 220 notices of violation, totaling $ 88 million. Most companies were fined for not sharing the benefits arising from the economic exploitation of species of Brazilian biodiversity. Some records were issued for not responding to the notification of IBAMA and providing false information. Most of these are multinational companies based in Brazil and works in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors.
In March 2011 IBAMA reported 100 companies in the pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, cosmetic and fragrance to submit information and documents proving the correctness of its activities related to the Provisional Measure 2186-16/2001. All processes will be considered until the end of 2012.
In the 1st phase of the operation, launched in 2010, IBAMA brought proceedings against companies, universities and biotech who performed research and developed products based on elements of Brazilian biodiversity and knowledge of traditional communities without proper authorization from CGEN (Council Heritage Management Genetic), a body established under the Ministry of Environment (MMA) to discuss the matter.
Unlike the first phase, in which penalties were imposed because it is light where there was an attempt to regularize the litigated in the 2nd phase of Operation New Directions should bear heavier penalties because they ignored the law.
Biopiracy is the name popularly given to access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. IBAMA has accumulated experience in the investigation of offenses of this nature and has trained more than 80 servers distributed throughout Brazil to treat the subject.
Source: IBAMA
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