Negrini Vanessa, Maiorka Paulo César, Kmetiuk Louise Bach, Biondo Alexander Welker
National Department of Animal Rights and Protection, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil, Brasilia, Brazil.
Veterinary School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
One Health. 2024 Jul 2;19:100847. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100847. eCollection 2024 Dec.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) launched by the United Nations in 2015 were a global challenge calling for ending poverty, protecting the environment, and guaranteeing peace and prosperity to world citizens by 2030. Brazil has changed gears, accepted the SDG challenge and moved one step forward. On the dawn of January 1st, 2023, the very first day of President Lula's office, Brazil issued the Decree no. 11,349/2023 and created an additional SDG itself on animal health by establishing the Department of Animal Protection and Rights (DAPR). The DAPR primarily aims to establish a Federal Animal Code and other nationwide standard procedures for pet population management and mass neutering/spaying programs, services against animal cruelty, welfare meat production, meat substitutes, and enforcement of native fauna protection. Meanwhile, Brazil's new government has reduced in 48% the Amazon deforestation and mining, enforced the inspections on national parks and preserved areas, limited wild boar hunting. On top of it, Lula's G20 Bloc presidency starting this coming December has shown the Brazil commitment to reestablish its historical prominence on international conversation and diplomacy. Finally, recognition of a clear and unquestionable nexus among animal welfare, environment, and sustainability, beyond the United Nations original proposition, in a country level, particularly with still-preserved nature areas, should be understood and invested as humanity heritage.
联合国于2015年发起的可持续发展目标（SDG）是一项全球性挑战，要求到2030年消除贫困、保护环境并确保世界公民享有和平与繁荣。巴西已转变方向，接受了可持续发展目标的挑战并向前迈进了一步。在2023年1月1日黎明时分，即卢拉总统就职的第一天，巴西发布了第11349/2023号法令，并通过设立动物保护与权利部（DAPR）自行增设了一项关于动物健康的可持续发展目标。动物保护与权利部的主要目标是制定一部联邦动物法典以及其他全国性标准程序，用于宠物数量管理和大规模绝育/去势计划、打击动物虐待行为的服务、福利肉类生产、肉类替代品以及加强对本地动物群的保护。与此同时，巴西新政府已将亚马逊地区的森林砍伐和采矿减少了48%，加强了对国家公园和保护区的检查，限制了野猪狩猎。此外，卢拉将于今年12月开始担任二十国集团主席国，这表明巴西致力于在国际对话和外交中重新确立其历史地位。最后，在国家层面，特别是在仍有自然保护区的情况下，除了联合国的最初提议之外，认识到动物福利、环境和可持续性之间明确且不容置疑的联系，应被视为人类遗产并加以重视。
