SOARES, J. A. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6142027127506496; SOARES, Jane Arimércia Siqueira.
Résumé:
Environmental protection has been a topic much debated by nations over the last few years,
since then, society has shown itself to be in favor of a paradigm shift about its performance in
the natural environment and the need for intervention by public authorities with protective
actions and policies. that minimize or prevent damage to the environment. Criminal Law as an
instrument of environmental protection presents itself from a criminal policy as a guarantor of
a right to an ecologically balanced environment, with the aim, above all, of prevention,
observing the principle of minimum intervention, being resorted only when the measures in
civil and administrative scopes are not sufficient. Law 9.605/98 brings a series of typifications
of conduct and application of penalties for those who commit harmful acts both for
individuals and legal entities. In this way, the present research aimed to analyze the
effectiveness of actions to combat crimes and environmental infractions in the municipality of
João Pessoa - PB, through the identification of crimes and environmental infractions, the
bodies responsible for repression actions and analysis of the application of the law.
Environmental Crimes Law, Federal Decree 6.514/2008 and the National Environmental
Policy. The importance of the research lies in the possibility of replicating this work as a tool
for identifying infractions and environmental crimes in other locations, with the aim of
improving inspection and monitoring actions and in order to preserve the environment and
apply the relevant standards. As for the methodology, a case study was used and, from the
point of view of its objectives, it was an exploratory and descriptive research, with regard to
technical procedures, primary and secondary data were used, the primary data were collected
on the website of SUDEMA that are of public access, in turn, the secondary data were
collected through a bibliographical research and, as for the approach of the problem, it was a
qualitative study. In terms of the results, it was evident that the actions employed by the
environmental protection agencies were effective in the municipality of João Pessoa - PB and
that there is an applicability of the LCA, the Federal Decree 6.514/2008 and the PNMA, in
addition, it was also found that the most frequent environmental administrative infraction in
that municipality are those related to the environmental licensing process, evidencing a need
to disseminate the PNMA instruments as a way to reduce the incidence of crimes and
environmental infractions.
