Foto: Marcus Vinicius Romero Marques

Data from ICMBio indicate that there are approximately 1,173 threatened species in Brazil, including terrestrial species, fish, mammals, and aquatic invertebrates, most of which are found in the Atlantic Forest. Reversing this situation will require a great deal of work and financial resources.

Funbio, in partnership with ICMBio, Ibama, and the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, created the Brazilian Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Portfolio (Carteira Fauna Brasil), a financial mechanism that receives funds from administrative environmental fines, donations, sponsorships, Conduct Adjustment Agreements (TACs), license conditions, and other sources, and channels them toward conservation projects for wildlife species threatened with extinction.

In 2016, the Fund supported six threatened species: the Spix’s macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), the blue budion (Scarus trispinosus), the banana parrotfish (Scarus zelindae), the gray parrotfish (Sparisoma axillare and Sparisoma frondosum), and the manatee (Trichechus manatus). It also reinstated the Technical Commission on Wildlife, composed of two representatives from Funbio’s Advisory Council, one from ICMBio, one from Ibama, and one from the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office.