Policing the Amazon

Introduction: Why the Rule of Law?

Vicente Riccio and Guilherme Lopes da Cunha

Part I: Crime, Violence, and the Rule of Law in the Amazon

1 - Rule of Law and Environmental Crimes in the Southern Amazonas

Vicente Riccio, Giuseppe Giura, Deborah De Felice, Dorli Joao Marques, and Antonio Gelson de Oliveira Nascimento

2 - The State, Indigenous Communities, and Illicit Economic Activities in the Peruvian Amazon

Oscar Espinosa

3 - Devastating Devastation: Impact of Crime in the Colombian Amazon

Juan Carlos Ruiz-Vasquez and Ruben Sanchez David

4 - The Use of Intelligence for Mapping the Activities of Criminal Organizations in the Amazon

Rodrigo Costa Yehia Castro, Giuseppe Giura, Fabio Licata, Sandro Sarkis, and Vicente Riccio

5 - Ecuador's Presence in the Amazon: Security, Weak Institutions, Questioned Capabilities, and Strategic Opportunities

Katalina Barreiro Santana and Diego Perez Enriquez

6 - Strategic Resources, Border Economies, Transnational Dynamics, and Threats in the Amazon: The Case of Lago Agrio in Ecuador

Milton Reyes Herrera and Patricio Trujillo Montalvo

7 - Policing Indigenous Lands Impacted by Hydroelectrical Dams in the Brazilian State of Rondonia

Rafael Ademir Oliveira de Andrade, Artur de Souza Moret, and Jean Carlo Silva dos Santos

8 - A Polycentric Governance Model Through the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization: Capabilities for Tackling Transnational Threats

Carlos Alfredo Lazary Teixeira, Guilherme Lopes da Cunha, and Fabio Albergaria de Queiroz

Part II - Policing Challenges in the Amazon

9 - Being a Policewoman in the Amazon: Motivations and Everyday Routines

Ludmila Ribeiro and Alexandre M.A. Martins

10 - Procedural Justice Perceptions and Use of Force at the Civil Police of Amazonas

Eduardo Magrone, Vicente Riccio, Wagner Silveira Rezende, and Mario Aufiero

11 - Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Border and State Discretion in Granting Asylum to Venezuelans

Janaina de Mendonca Fernandes

Part III - Law and the Environmental Protection in the Amazon

12 - Intellectual Property Rights Legislation as a Source of Inequality: A Case Study Based on Natural Genetic Resources From the Amazon Region

Marcos Vinicio Chein Feres

13 - The Environmental Protection in French Guiana: Normative Scheme and Stakes

Frederic Bondil, Carole Hassoun, Mathilde Kamal-Girard, and Jean-Philippe Vauthier

14 - Logospiracy in the Legal Amazon

Raimundo Pontes Filho

15 - The Brazilian Amazon Between Geopolitics and Law

Guilherme Sandoval Goes and Antonio dos Santos