Caso Mariana Minas Gerais/Brasil : medidas precatórias um estudo de caso

Abstract

It is common knowledge that man transforms the environment in which he lives since his beginnings, whether for his survival, his comfort or satisfaction and economic growth. The problem is how this transformation has been happening, as it is no longer something temporary or reversible, but something that permanently affects the environment. Environmental disasters are becoming more common when compared to at least half a decade ago. This work, using the hypothetical deductive method associated with the case study, evaluated the rupture of the Fundão Dam of the mining company Samarco in the municipality of Mariana, MG, which caused an avalanche of toxic waste in the environment and several deaths. The work is divided into four parts. The first discusses what environmental sustainability is, the second reports the mining process in Brazil and the impacts on the environment, the third reports the case study on the disaster in the municipality of Mariana - MG, and the fourth describes the prospects for changes environmental legislation in the case of Mariana – MG. Thus, it was found that environmental protection cannot be an exclusive task of the State, either through the Executive Power Bodies, or through the Legislative Power, or through the Judiciary Power; but also of companies, compelled to guarantee an ecologically balanced environment in their production process.