From restoration to responsive governance: Rio Doce after the Fundão failure

Maroun, Christianne; Renshaw, Jonathan; Sánchez, Luís Enrique; Barbosa, Francisco A. R.; Brito, Maria Cecília; May, Peter H.; Kakabadse, Yolanda

doi:10.2305/iucn.ch.2021.14.en

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“…However, the Panel notes that a more appropriate and functional governance structure would make it easier to apply the knowledge that we have for mitigation, compensation and restoration. The Rio Doce Panel addresses this subject in another publication (Maroun et al, 2021).…”

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The environmental impacts of a major mine tailings spill on coastal and marine environments: lessons and recommendations for ex post impact assessment

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Based on the volume of tailings releases and the distance they travelled, the Fundão Dam failure in southeast Brazil (Mariana, Minas Gerais state) was the largest ever environmental disaster in Brazil’s mining industry, and one of the world’s most serious. As they dispersed downriver, the tailings accumulated along the riverbanks and reached the Rio Doce estuary in the Eastern Brazilian Marine Ecoregion. When the dam failed, the mining company and government agencies conducted rapid assessments. But while the government set up a five-year monitoring programme, it took almost a year after the disaster to issue official guidelines and another two years of negotiations and approvals before the data collection began. In this Thematic Report, the Rio Doce Panel looks at government mandated monitoring reports as well as peerreviewed papers, most of which were authored by independent researchers, to assess our knowledge about the disaster’s impacts on marine and coastal areas.

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“…The governance of Renova Foundation was later modified. The Rio Doce Panel has analysed the various governance issues related to the restoration in a previous Thematic Report(Maroun et al, 2021).…”

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