Directory of Scholars
BRENDA BRITO
JSM (STANFORD LAW SCHOOL)
ADJUNCT RESEARCHER
Primary Research Interests
- Criminal law & the environment
- Enforcement & compliance issues
- Environmental politics
Secondary Research Interests
- Climate change law
- Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
- Indigenous peoples & the environment
- Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
Selected Publications
- Enforcement against illegal logging in the Brazilian Amazon (with Paulo Barreto), IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 2006 Colloquium, New York, USA, October 16-20, 2006.
- Can environmental agencies stop illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? An analysis in Mato Grosso State, Master’s thesis, Stanford Law School, 2008.
- Brazil’s New Environmental Crimes Law: an analysis of its effectiveness in protecting the Amazonian forests (with Paulo Barreto & John Rothman), Full version, The INECE Newsletter 11-Fall 2005.