Dam breaks in Mariana and Brumadinho (MG): Disasters as a means of accumulation by dispossession

The rupture of two dams in Mariana (MG), 2015, and Brumadinho (MG), 2019, cost hundreds of lives and destroyed most of the Rio Doce and Paraopeba basins. These events are the climax of the disasters that began with environmental licensing and continued with the inefficient management of damage repai...

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Autor: Laschefski, Klemens Augustinus
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE)
Repositorio:Ambientes (Francisco Beltrão)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.e-revista.unioeste.br:article/23299
Acceso en línea:https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/ambientes/article/view/23299
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Barragem de rejeito
desastre
acumulação por despossessão
mineração
licenciamento ambiental
reparação de danos
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Sumario:The rupture of two dams in Mariana (MG), 2015, and Brumadinho (MG), 2019, cost hundreds of lives and destroyed most of the Rio Doce and Paraopeba basins. These events are the climax of the disasters that began with environmental licensing and continued with the inefficient management of damage repair, causing even more social suffering. After the disasters, public institutions did not strengthen the regulatory framework but accelerated its flexibilization. As a result, mining companies are able to introduce the culture of neocoronelism into governance systems. In this way, companies have not only strengthened their interests in the face of victims' demands, but also the territorial control in areas affected by disasters through "hidden land grabbing".