INDUSTRY-DRIVEN AND CIVIL SOCIETY-DRIVEN STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN THE IRON MINING AND SMELTING COMPLEX OF CORUMBÁ, BRAZIL

Ana Ceci Mota (), Emilio Lèbre La Rovere and Alberto Fonseca
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Ana Ceci Mota: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Energy Planning Program, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-972, Brazil
Emilio Lèbre La Rovere: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Energy Planning Program, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-972, Brazil
Alberto Fonseca: Federal University of Ouro Preto, School of Mines, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, s/n, Ouro Preto, MG 35400-000, Brazil

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2014, vol. 16, issue 02, 1-23

Abstract: Historical records of socio-environmental impacts related to large-scale iron ore development in Brazil are driving different planning approaches in the burgeoning iron mining and smelting complex of Corumbá, located at the border of the Pantanal ecosystem in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Among the most relevant efforts are two strategic environmental assessments (SEA): one was led by a mining company and the other by a civil society committee. This paper assesses to what extent these SEAs can contribute to the mitigation of negative socio-environmental impacts of the Corumbá Complex. It also evaluates if the SEA methodologies meet a number of SEA Performance Criteria. The analyses, which were based on literature reviews and content analysis of the SEA documents, reveal that the two SEAs represent an important effort to incorporate environmental variables into more strategic levels of the Pantanal region's planning. Nonetheless, both SEAs have serious limitations, given that they are not formally nested in governmental policies, plans and programmes.

Keywords: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); SEA performance criteria; mining and smelting complex/cluster; Pantanal; Latin America; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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