Ideas to Postpone the End of the World by Ailton Krenak

Author:Ailton Krenak
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc
Published: 2020-09-10T16:21:00+00:00

6 The Serra do Espinhaço Biosphere Reserve was designated by unesco in 2005. This biodiversity-rich mountain range runs along the Atlantic plains of Minas Gerais and Bahia states, and it houses, among other key features, the headwaters of the Doce River, on which the Krenak and many other traditional populations depend. Ailton Krenak, then president of the France Libertés Brasil Fondation, was instrumental in having the area declared a biosphere reserve. — Trans.

7 On November 5, 2015, a burst iron tailings dam operated by Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture between Brazil’s Vale and the British-Australian conglomerate BHP Hilton, unleashed 43.7 million cubic metres of highly toxic mud into the Doce River, killing nineteen people and devastating the village of Bento Rodrigues. The spill, which contained heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, and lead, polluted 668 kilometres of watercourses as it rushed seaward, finally reaching the Atlantic Ocean seventeen days later, at Espírito Santo. The effort to recuperate the river is expected to take anywhere from thirteen to fifteen years. — Trans.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.