Amendment to the Environmental Crimes Law: Article 49, Interventions in Flora in Risk Situations, and Relevant Impacts on the Electric Power Sector
Matheus Borges Kauss Vellasco The recent enactment of Law No. 15,299/2025 introduced an important amendment to the Environmental Crimes Law, Law No. 9,605/1998. Article 49, which provides for the punishment of anyone who damages ornamental plants, is one of the criminal provisions whose legitimacy is most questioned within Brazilian environmental criminal law, yet it has […]