Source-to-sea and landscape approaches: integrating water quality and biodiversity conservation towards the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed

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

doi:10.2305/iucn.ch.2021.07.en

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“…In this context, it is important to emphasise that the Rio Doce Panel has consistently stressed the need to adopt the combined view of the source-to-sea framework (Granit et al, 2016) and the landscape approach to integrate water quality and biodiversity conservation as affected by social, economic, cultural, and environmental aspects (Brito 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 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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“…The river flow is directly responsible for the composition, structure and dynamics of communities and flow patterns dictate the structure and functioning of these ecosystems, in addition to the adaptation of a variety of aquatic and riverine species. Furthermore, the flow regime also influences ecosystem processes in the river and the floodplain, including primary production and nutrient cycling, and when the flow is altered, a combination of biotic and abiotic responses is triggered (Granit et al 2017, Barbosa et al 2019, Brito et al 2021.…”

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Limnology and the Sustainable Use of Water in Brazil: Visions and Challenges

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2022

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Brazil's wealth in water, its distribution, and losses, together with considerations on the challenges posed by the impacts of climate change, the precarious basic sanitation in the country, the demands of the agroindustry and the need to invest in new areas/themes through partnerships and integrated actions are the main points discussed in this article. The central proposal is to indicate new arrangements and possibilities for Limnology to face some of the problems that afflict humanity, especially those arising from climate change, loss of biodiversity and lack of basic sanitation, particularly critical challenges for Brazil

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

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The situation of fishers in the region whose activities have almost stopped since the collapse of the Fundao Dam (by Gustavo Baxter/NITRO).The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN.

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Source-to-sea and landscape approaches: integrating water quality and biodiversity conservation towards the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

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

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

Limnology and the Sustainable Use of Water in Brazil: Visions and Challenges

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

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