Small Scale Gold Mining In The XXI Century. Examples in the South-West Brazilian Amazon

Authors

  • Maria Célia Nunes Coelho Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia e Pesquisadora do CNPq
  • Luiz Jardim Wanderley Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Formação de Professores, Departamento de Geografia
  • Reinaldo Corrêa Costa INPA; Universidade Federal do Amazonas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11137/2016_3_05_14

Keywords:

Southwest Amazonian region, Regulation, Small scale gold mining, Cooperative union.

Abstract

In this article we discuss the trend of extinction of the traditional small scale gold mining (informal or illegal) in the Brazilian Amazon. In the case of southwestern Amazon, public policies adopted, which include stimulating cooperativism, did not contribute to the solution the problem of small scale mining informality and illegality.

Author Biography

Maria Célia Nunes Coelho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia e Pesquisadora do CNPq



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Published

2016-10-03

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 3 (2016)

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