Mining activity in Brazil and negligence in action

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

Gabriel Lourenço Brejão¹  Cecília Gontijo Leal²  Raphael Ligeiro³  Tiago Casarim Pessali⁴  Carlos Bernardo Mascarenhas Alves⁵  Gustavo Ribeiro Rosa⁶  Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag⁷  Gilberto Nepomuceno Salvador⁸ 

[1] Corresponding author.;Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil;Laboratório Nuvelhas, Projeto Manuelzão, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;Laboratório de Hidrologia Florestal, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil;Laboratório de Ictiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil;Museu de Ciências Naturais da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Av. Augusto Corrêa, 01, Guamá, 66075‐110, Belém, Brazil;

关键词: Brumadinho disaster;    Mariana disaster;    Fundão dam;    Tailings dam;    Rupture.;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The number of disasters involving tailings storage facilities has increased in Brazil. Only in the last six years, there have been six disasters involving this type of structure. Despite the vast socio-environmental impacts, little has been done to mitigate the damage caused. The negligence of mining companies and the lack of efficient management approaches at river basin-level have greatly hampered efforts for environmental recovery. In addition, although Brazil has signed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, there has been a slowdown in Brazilian environmental legislation, which can facilitate the implementation of mines and tailings storage facilities. To finish, we suggest some options to turn this situation around.

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