Immediate social and economic impacts of a major oil spill on Brazilian coastal fishing communities

Estevo, Mariana de Oliveira; Lopes, Priscila F. M.; Júnior, José Gilmar Cavalcante de Oliveira; Junqueira, André Braga; Santos, Ana Paula de Oliveira; Lima, Johnny Antônio da Silva; Malhado, Ana C. M.; Ladle, Richard J.; Campos‐Silva, João Vitor

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.111984

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“…Fisheries were inevitably affected in Brazil because the risks of contamination directly interfered with the sale of fish, with up to 50% drop in income being mentioned by artisanal fishers [23] . Although part of this loss was due to decreased catches, due to a lower consumer demand, fishermen also lost income due to lower prices enforced by middlemen even in areas not directly affected by the oil spill.…”

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“…Discussion about environmental monitoring and response measures that must be implemented to minimize the ecological, economic, and social effects of the spill; which is particularly relevant in areas with high tropical biodiversity while experiencing high social inequality, which is presently the case of this northeastern accident in according to [3] . Even more recently, [23] argue that there is still a clear need for coordinated state interventions to mitigation the impacts, considering it's environmental, social, economic, human health and political dimensions even now, two years later. They have conducted focus meeting discussions with fishing communities in Alagoas (one of the most severely impacted states) to assess the local perceptions on the oil spill impacts and they estimate the impact of the oil spill on income generation and food security of coastal communities.…”

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On the Impact of Brazil's Largest Recent Oil Spill on Regional Oceans

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In 2019, an oil spill in Brazil, of unknown origin, severely impacted coastal environs with the worst environmental disaster ever recorded in any tropical coastal region globally severely damaging South Pirangi Reef area in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN). Here we discuss acute and chronic impacts including chemical contamination and economic consequences all over the world and show some evidence of the oil spill in this biodiverse area. Moreover, the lapse between the moment of the disaster, and the action to manage it, was hampered by a political agenda coinciding with local and global tragedies that redirected public attention. Meanwhile almost 2 years have passed still without the offending party identification or culpability; and poor communities may continue to absorb its deleterious impacts for decades without consideration or compensation. This disaster occurred during the Brazilian government’s current issues involving extensive environmental mismanagement, resulting in a slow response from an inept system. It is with urgent necessity to spotlight this tragedy in this unique and sensitive reef habitat experiencing the ongoing damaging effects that include socio-economic losses not yet addressed.

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On the Impact of Brazil's Largest Recent Oil Spill on Regional Oceans

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“…It has been estimated that approximately 1.94 million hectares of mangroves have been affected by PHS globally, encompassing the death of at least 126,000 ha (Duke, 2016). Petroleum spills in mangroves cause short-and long-term damage to biodiversity, socioeconomic systems, and human health (Duke, 2016;de Oliveira et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mangroves grow on soils with a high content of organic matter and mud, both easing the retention of petrogenic hydrocarbons, which subsequently poison aquatic organisms (Lewis et al, 2011;Naidoo & Naidoo, 2016Liu et al, 2018;Connolly et al, 2020) and ultimately lead to the deterioration of the habitat quality (Duke, 2016;Garcés-Ordóñez & Espinosa, 2019). This endangers food security and reduces natural elements that are essential for the livelihood local human communities, may substantially decrease the generation of economic income from shing, and can trigger social con icts (Andrews et al, 2021;de Oliveira et al, 2021).…”

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Environmental risk assessment of petrogenic hydrocarbon spills in mangrove ecosystems: the Tumaco case study as a baseline, Colombian Pacific

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Petrogenic hydrocarbon spills (PHS) are harmful to mangrove ecosystems along tropical coastlines both in the short and long term. The aim of this study was to assess the environmental risk of recurrent PHS on mangrove ecosystems in Tumaco municipality, Colombian Paci c. Mangrove characteristics and management aspects led to subdividing the entire the study into 11 units-of-analysis (UA) for which threats, vulnerability, potential impacts, and risks were assessed based on environmental factors and the formulation and use of indicators in a rating scale with ve categories, which are very low, low, moderate, high, and very high. The results showed that all UAs are highly (64%) or moderately (36%) threatened by PHS, highly (45%) or moderately (55%) vulnerable to this kind of pollution, and susceptible of high (73%) or moderate (27%) potential impacts. Environmental risk was high in 73% of the UAs, indicating likely irreversible damage to mangrove ecosystems by PHS, thus pointing to the need of urgent intervention by responsible authorities to ease their recovery and conservation. The methodology and results of this study become technical inputs that serve for environmental control and monitoring, which can be incorporated into contingency and risk management plans.

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“…Fishing communities on the northeastern coast of Brazil, for example, where most coastal artisanal fishing communities are located, were caught off guard by the pandemic right after they had been hit by the worst oil disaster to ever take place in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean [7]. Although the impacts of this oil spill are yet to be fully evaluated, initial accounts have estimated extensive economic losses for fishers from both a halt in tourism and a temporary fear among the public of consuming contaminated seafood [8].…”

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confidence: 99%