Suggesting priority areas in the buffer zone of Serra do Brigadeiro State Park for forest restoration compensatory to bauxite mining in Southeast Brazil

Cosimo, Luiz Henrique Elias; Martins, Sebastião Venâncio; Gleriani, José Marinaldo

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106322

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“…Balaniuk et al, 2020; Kamali et al, 2015; Zhu & Yu, 2016), or which focused on purely ecological mining impacts but did not undertake any social-related impact analysis (e.g. Cosimo et al, 2021; Kiere et al, 2021; Lifeng et al, 2009; Peng et al, 2016; Wedding et al, 2013).…”

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Systematic Review of GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Mining

Ang

Owen

Gibbins

et al. 2023

The Journal of Environment & Development

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As the mining industry expands, a comprehensive understanding of its socioeconomic risks and benefits is urgently needed. This paper systematically reviews 71 studies (1996–2021) that utilized spatially integrated approaches to evaluate socioeconomic mining impacts. The number of studies that utilize geographic information systems and remote sensing to study mining impacts increased from 2014 onwards. A framework was used to classify the mining impacts studied in the literature and all eight framework categories – Environment, Land, People, Community, Culture, Livelihoods, Infrastructure and Housing – were captured by the literature though Culture was least studied. Coal mining, active mining phase, Landsat data and classic remote sensing algorithms were most highlighted. Future research should focus on advancing geospatial technology like artificial intelligence (AI) to better capture intangible socioeconomic impacts, under-researched minerals and long-term mine lifecycle components. Spatially referenced social data can improve stakeholder involvement and support spatially explicit planning to ensure sustainability.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Systematic Review of GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Mining

Ang

Owen

Gibbins

et al. 2023

The Journal of Environment & Development

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“…Moreover, the OWA operator can simulate scenarios that indicate the suitability of construction land under different decisionmaking preferences by setting the decision preference coefficient α. The OWA operator has been widely used in land suitability studies (Liu R. et al, 2014;Kumar & Kumar, 2014;Billaud, Soubeyrand, Luque, & Lenormand, 2020;Cosimo, Martins, & Gleriani, 2021;Luan, Liu, & Peng, 2021;Yang, Tang, & Li, 2021). Thus, this paper uses the OWA operator to analyze construction land suitability and determine the suitable sites of new healthcare facilities in the study areas.…”

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A comprehensive evaluation method for the site selection of new healthcare facilities in geological hazard-prone areas

Cai

et al. 2023

Front. Earth Sci.

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Healthcare facilities in geological hazard-prone areas not only are responsible for local basic medical services but also are the main provider of hazard emergency rescue work. The selection of their sites is further complicated by the need to consider both the equalization of regional medical services and resource allocation and the impact of geological hazards on site safety. Shimian County in Sichuan Province, a geological disaster-prone area, was chosen as the study area. First, suitability analysis of the construction land was used to determine the site alternatives for new healthcare facilities, and an evaluation index system of construction land suitability consisting of geological hazard susceptibility, slope and aspect was established. Then, the suitability was evaluated by the Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator, and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the quantitative method of Regular Increasing Monotone (RIM) were used to calculate the criterion weights and order weights in the Ordered Weighted Averaging operator respectively. The suitability results were classified into five levels: high, moderate, average, barely suitable, and unsuitable. Twelve site alternatives were identified in the highly and moderately suitable areas. Finally, a comprehensive evaluation index system consisting of indices such as construction land suitability and medical service accessibility was established, the PROMETHEE II method was conducted to comprehensively evaluate the site alternatives, and ranked results for the 12 site alternatives were obtained. These ranked results were analyzed by subindexes and Graphical Analysis for Interactive Aid (GAIA) to obtain a score for each alternative index and its similarity to the alternative, which could significantly help decision-making. This study achieves reasonable and scientific site selection for healthcare facilities in geological hazard-prone areas, and the results can provide references for relevant decision-makers.

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“…Bauxite mining is an important activity that contributes to the socioeconomic development of Brazil, mainly in Minas Gerais state (the second largest bauxite producer in Brazil), which produced the equivalent of approximately US $27 million in 2021 (ANM, 2023). In Brazil, bauxite deposits are typically found over tropical forests in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest regions, as well as on lands already converted for human use, such as pastures and coffee plantations (Cosimo et al, 2021;Komlóssy et al, 2022). Hence, mining activities cause negative impacts on ecosystem functioning due to vegetation cover removal, decreased biodiversity, and changes in soil properties (Borges et al, 2019;Cavalcante et al, 2023;Valente et al, 2023).…”

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“…Beyond monitoring, mining companies can incorporate these areas into their environmental compensation program and carry out forest restoration actions (Cosimo et al, 2021;Martins et al, 2020).…”

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Complementing seedling planting with nucleation techniques increases forest restoration potential in areas around bauxite mining

Fonseca,

Martins,

Fioresi

et al. 2024

Land Degrad Dev

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The soil seed bank is one of the most important ecological indicators to evaluate and monitor the ecological restoration process of plant communities. We aimed to analyze the influence of two different ecological restoration techniques on the diversity and floristic composition of the soil seed bank and of standing vegetation, in two 4‐year‐old areas under forest restoration around bauxite mining, Southeast Brazil. A total of 30 soil samples were collected in each area (SPN—forest restoration by seedling planting in rows and nucleation techniques between planting rows and SP—forest restoration by seedling planting in rows). The samples were transported to a shade house and evaluated for 6 months, where germinated individuals were counted and identified weekly. A floristic census of shrub/tree species was conducted to assess the diversity of standing vegetation. The results indicated that the soil seed banks of the two areas are floristically similar (predominance of pioneer, herbaceous, and native origin species). The two restoration techniques did not differ in their effects on the species composition of the soil seed bank, mainly due to the restoration age. However, when analyzing the standing vegetation, 38 species were recorded in SPN, while only 20 species were in SP. This result demonstrates that nucleation techniques contributed to the increase in species diversity in SPN. We conclude that combining seedling planting in rows with nucleation techniques (topsoil transposition, direct seeding, and artificial perches) can enhance species diversity in standing vegetation, improve forest functionality, and consequently enhance the potential for forest restoration.

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Suggesting priority areas in the buffer zone of Serra do Brigadeiro State Park for forest restoration compensatory to bauxite mining in Southeast Brazil

Cited by 7 publications

References 46 publications

Systematic Review of GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Mining

Systematic Review of GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Mining

A comprehensive evaluation method for the site selection of new healthcare facilities in geological hazard-prone areas

Complementing seedling planting with nucleation techniques increases forest restoration potential in areas around bauxite mining

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