O desastre de Mariana atuação interfederativa para superação dos impactos da maior tragédia da história do Brasil

Abstract

This paper attempts to show details about the proceedings, such as designing, development, discussion and celebration, regarding the major agreement of Brazilian history, signed at 02 March of 2016, by Federal Union and State authorities of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, with Samarco Mineration S/A and multinational companies Vale S/A and Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton. By this, the mining companies obligated themselves to adopt all measures aiming the whole recovery of communities and environment affected by the “Fundão” dam broke, in the municipality of Mariana/MG, at 05 November of 2015. The disaster resulted in a wave of toxic mud containing almost 50 million cubic meters of iron ore, accounting for the burial of Bento Rodrigues subdistrict and for the death of 19 persons. Furthermore, it let a trace of environment, economic and social destruction along 663 km of waterways and of 39 municipalities in the States of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. To enable the most effective socio-environmental and socio-economic recovering conditions, an unprecedented effort was arranged by the Federal and State authorities, designing and approving 41 reconstruction programs in the short, medium and long term. Those programs will be based upon an audacious governance and surveillance platform, in the most efficient possible way, contemplating necessities of affected people and harmed environment.