The act of collecting wild specimens and Brazilian law
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36661/2238-9717.2016n27.8042Keywords:
Scientific collection, Brazilian environmental legislation, specimens commercialization, Fritz PlaumannAbstract
This article aims to analize the activities of collecting scientific material by the German collector and collector Fritz Plaumann, and the impact caused in these activities by the alterations in Brazilian environmental legislation in the 1960’s. Particular emphasis will be given to the adoption of the Law N° 5.197/ 1967, known as Fauna Protection Act, and how this affected the work of scientists and amateur collectors regarding the collection and commercialization of wild specimens.