Name: LUIZ HENRIQUE VIEIRA
Publication date: 16/08/2024
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| CLAUDIO LUIZ ZANOTELLI | Presidente |
| LEANDRO DIAS DE OLIVEIRA | Examinador Externo |
| LUCAS MAGNO | Examinador Externo |
| MARILDA TELES MARACCI | Examinador Externo |
| PAULO CESAR SCARIM | Examinador Interno |
Summary: Mineral neoexractivism and its consequences in the 21st century provoke us to think about the
mining activity present in the state of Minas Gerais for centuries, always expanding across new
frontiers, causing major complications and accumulation of problems in the current Anthropocene/Capitalocene period. In view of this, we seek, in this thesis, to carry out a study on the
Zona da Mata, a mesoregion of the state of Minas Gerais, through a critical and geographical
analysis surrounding the mineral issue. To this end, we discuss the conflicts arising from the
territorialization of three mining companies that extract bauxite and magnetite from the ground.
Mining companies operate in different phases, however, they are all permeated by conflicts and
popular r-existences that have been organized for more than two decades in unique contexts.
We analyze permissiveness and flexibility through environmental licensing procedures, together with public policies that encourage and authorize the advancement and operation of extractive activities in new territories. Finally, we demonstrate how the articulations in search of
the creation of Mining-Free Territories are going through experiences that took place between
2015 and 2023.
