Mining activity in Brazil and negligence in action
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2020-04-01
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Salvador, Gilberto Nepomuceno
Leal, Cecilia Gontijo
Brejao, Gabriel Lourenco [UNESP]
Pessali, Tiago Casarim
Mascarenhas Alves, Carlos Bernardo
Rosa, Gustavo Ribeiro
Ligeiro, Raphael
Assis Montag, Luciano Fogaca de
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Elsevier B.V.
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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. (C) 2020 Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Brumadinho disaster, Mariana disaster, Fundao dam, Tailings dam, Rupture
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Perspectives In Ecology And Conservation. Oxford: Elsevier Sci Ltd, v. 18, n. 2, p. 137-142, 2020.