Appealing the death sentences of the Doce, São Francisco and Amazonas rivers: stopping the Mining Lobby and creating ecosystem services reserves
The Brazilian Mining Lobby uses Congress to weaken the Mining Code. In November 2015, the Fundão Dam, which was retaining a reservoir of mining waste, collapsed in Minas Gerais State, causing the largest socio-environmental disaster in Brazilian history. We propose actions for the restoration of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1679007316301293 |