Socioeconomic and Environmental Diagnostic of Small Scale Mining in Brazil (Final Report)
The META MPE Project “Socioeconomic and Environmental Diagnosis of Small-scale Mining in Brazil,” is a comprehensive study of the SSM sector within the Brazilian context. Carried out on request from the Brazilian Ministry of Mining and Energy (MME), the study has as its objective to analyze the socioeconomic and environmental dynamics of SSM universe in Brazil and, from the evaluation of the sector’s current conditions, to recommend public policy aiming at its organization and promotion.
This study was requested by MME from the acknowledgment that the array of existing information on SSM in Brazil had several constraints. Being exclusively based on data related to formalized operations, it does not reflect the practical reality of the sector in the country. Official statistics are incomplete, outdated to some extent, and scattered throughout various institutions within the Brazilian public administration.
The final report aims to present a synthesis of the results obtained, providing a compact overview of SSM. For this purpose, the following aspects were covered: bibliographical survey and review of the documentation filed with various government and academic institutions; assessment of the major federal, state, and local plans, programs, and projects covering the past 15 years of the Brazilian experience in managing, planning, supporting, and promoting MPE; legal-institutional assessment, reporting on the governmental initiatives and the current discussion process on mining legislation in Brazil.
Additional Info
- Author(s)
- Dr. Carlos Henrique Xavier Araujo, C H X Araujo, C Scliar, G De Tomi, M Argel, W Schmidt
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Associated Partners
- NAP.Mineração, Projekt-Consult, RCS Global
- Language
- Portuguese
- Data Source Classification
- Government Publication
- Research Type
- Both
- Research Methodology
- Primary - INTERVIEW, Primary - OBSERVATION, Primary - SURVEY, Secondary - PREVIOUS RESEARCH, Secondary - OFFICIAL STATISTICS
- Thematic Tags
- Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental
- Minerals
- Cassiterite-Tantalite (mixed), Clays, Diamond, Gemstones, Gold, Gypsum, Limestone, Mica, Sand, Stone Aggregate
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Country
- Brazil
- Last Updated
- August 13, 2020