Endangered species: the case study of campina Grande-Brazil

Throughout the 1981-2021 period, the Brazilian environmental legislation was being structured and updated, so that currently, it is one of the most complete sets of environmental laws in the world. The preservation of fauna, punishing criminal actions practiced by individuals who carry out illegal activities, is based on Laws No. 9605/1998 and No. 5.197/1969. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the performance of the Military Police in the protection of endangered species and their ecosystems in the State of Paraíba, in order to support the decision making of the operational bodies of preservation and protection of the environment. It was used by study method - the case study, satisfactorily suitable to answer the subsequent questions to this research. Furthermore, the work proposed here is coated with scientific and social relevance, and may serve as a basis for advances in environmental protection, in combating wild animal trafficking and in ensuring the rights of society to a balanced environment, as well as for other studies in the areas of Environmental Law, Public Security and Natural Resource Management.