Abstract
Forensic experts of the Brazilian Federal Police have been working on important environmental crimes occurred in Brazil. Forensic reports describe damages in the environmental compartments and their relationship with humans, fauna and flora. Despite the difficulty in assessing environmental damage costs and remediation procedures, forensic reports should contain this information, which is considered important during the legal and trial proceedings. The seminar will present some real examples of environmental investigations conducted by forensic experts of the Brazilian Federal Police and the efforts to appraise environmental damages during forensic examinations.
Speaker Bio
David Domingues Pavanelli holds a BSc. in Chemistry and a PhD. in Biochemistry from University of São Paulo in Brazil and a MSc. in Environmental Forensic Techniques from University of Santa Catarina in Brazil. He has been working as forensic expert of the Brazilian Federal Police since 2003 and member of the Environmental Forensic Expertise Group (São Paulo branch) since 2006, where he is currently group coordinator.