Deep into the mud: ecological and socio-economic impacts of the dam breach in Mariana, Brazil

Fernandes, G.; Goulart, F.; Ranieri, B.; Coelho, M.; Dales, K.; Boesche, N.; Bustamante, M.; A. Carvalho, F.; C. Carvalho, D.; Dirzo, R.; Fernandes, Stephannie; M. Galetti, P.; E. G. Millán, V.; Mielke, Christian; L. Ramírez, J.; C. Neves, A.; Rogass, C.; Ribeiro, S.; Scariot, A.; Soares-Filho, B.

doi:10.1016/J.NCON.2016.10.003

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Deep into the mud: ecological and socio-economic impacts of the dam breach in Mariana, Brazil

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Authors:

G. Fernandes

F. Goulart

B. Ranieri

Abstract

We review the ecological and socio-economic impacts of the catastrophic dam failure in Mariana, Brazil. Tailing management practices by Samarco mining company ultimately caused a dam breach that abruptly discharged between 55 and 62 million m3 of tailings into the Doce River watershed. On November 5...

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Geography

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