Grey literature | 2024
The Fundão disaster in 2015 was one of the biggest environmental disasters in Brazil’s history. The collapse of the dam near the city of Mariana released around 39 million m3 of tailings, which travelled 670 km to reach the Atlantic Ocean. Along the way, the tailings resulted in 19 deaths,…
Story | 10 Apr, 2023
IUCN Director General’s mission to Brazil to reinforce conservation efforts
Brasilia, March 2023 - IUCN Director General Dr Bruno Oberle went on mission to Brazil to meet with the government and other key stakeholders and agree how to work together to address critical environmental issues affecting the country.
Story | 22 Dec, 2022
Publication | 2022
The environmental impacts of a major mine tailings spill on coastal and marine environments
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…
Grey literature | 2019
Authors: L.B.N. Alonso, F.A.R. Barbosa, M.C.W. Brito, P. May, C. Maroun, L.E. Sánchez, Y. Kakabadse
Grey literature | 2019
Authors: L.E. Sánchez, L. Alonso, F.A.R. Barbosa, M.C.W. Brito, F.V. Laureano, P. May e Y. Kakabadse
The Issue Paper presents a systematic approach, which would facilitate the collection and analysis of key data and information required to carry out an impact assessment and to…
Grey literature | 2019
Authors: F.A.R. Barbosa, L. Alonso, M.C.W. Brito, F.V. Laureano, P. May, L.E. Sánchez and Y. Kakabadse
Abstract: This Issue Paper 3, Risks of suppressing natural flows in a source-to-sea system - The case of Lake Juparanã, Espírito Santo, Brazil, examines the environmental and…
Grey literature | 2019
Authors: P. May, L. Alonso, F.A.R. Barbosa, M.C.W. Brito, F.V. Laureano, L.E. Sánchez, Y. Kakabadse
Abstract: The first Issue Paper, Alternative livelihoods in rural landscapes of the Rio Doce Basin after the Fundão Dam failure - Creating opportunities for the future,…
Grey literature | 2019
Authors: M.C.W. Brito, L. Alonso, F.A.R. Barbosa, F.V. Laureano, P. May, L.E. Sánchez, Y. Kakabadse
Abstract: This paper analyses the obstacles that exist for the restoration of fishing activity in the region and proposes recommendations that can be implemented in line with…
Story | 27 Oct, 2021
The black jaguar and the guardian of the forest
CEESP News: By Maycon Melo, PhD, and Barbara Arisi, PhD *
In Brazil, a group of hunters killed a black jaguar. Not satisfied with the crime of killing an endangered animal, they made a video where one of them shows the magnificent animal between his arms while threatening the Guardians…