The Brazilian Rural Society (SRB) issued a statement in which it considered the Joint Resolution SAA / SMA 1, which establishes new procedures for the control, management or eradication of wild boar in São Paulo, a new barrier to mitigate the risks imposed by the species on agribusiness , the environment and public health. Disclosed in the Official Gazette last Friday (10), the Resolution imposes new bureaucracies on rural producers and creates a scenario of insecurity and lack of discretion.
In the note, the entity acknowledges the attempt by the agriculture and environment departments to remedy the impasse, but points out that the new resolution does not change the unconstitutional character of State Law 16,784, sanctioned by governor Márcio França. On July 31, SRB filed a Direct Unconstitutionality Action (ADI) in the Federal Supreme Court (STF), demanding an injunction to suspend the effects of the law.
For the entity, the Joint Resolution creates more obstacles for rural producers as it requires detailed data on the property affected by the species, such as location, area diagnosis, history of wild boar occurrence and damage estimate. With this restriction, the measure makes it unfeasible to control the species when hunting begins in one location and ends in another, often outside the property boundaries. “Procedures related to registration and authorization should be restricted to the hunter, without involving the rural properties,” says Marcelo Vieira, president of SRB.
Another bureaucratic point of the new Resolution is the 30-day deadline for the Department of Wildlife of the Biodiversity and Natural Resources Coordination of the Environment Secretariat to review the documentation and authorize management. “Waiting for a month is incompatible with urgency to exercise more effective control over wild boars,” says Vieira. According to the president, the species multiplies exponentially, attacking wild animals, silting up river springs, damaging the soil, destroying crops and bringing disease to humans.
The SRB emphasizes that the complete repeal of State Law 16,784 is the only viable solution to the impasse. According to the entity, the state norm can not oppose an existing Federal Law. In the Supreme Court ADI, SRB points out that the Federal Wildlife Protection Law No. 5,197 provides for the permission of hunting in Brazil when animals are considered harmful to agriculture or public health, in the case of wild boars.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.