Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators

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Autor(a) principal: Silva,Felipe Vargas E
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Peroni,Rodrigo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online)
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Resumo: The perception of the environmental impacts caused by economic activities is subjective and usually negatively affects the image of an extractive sector such as mining. In order to avoid this, the environmental impact assessment must be supported by clear and well-selected environmental indicators. An index of sustainability was created to demonstrate that open-pit mining is comparable to other economic activities. The index is composed by of environmental indicators like water and energy consumption combined with an indicator of landscape fragmentation, using remote sensing data and geoprocessing. A comparative study considering a ten-year period was carried out with the biggest iron ore mine in Brazil, N5W, and the largest Brazilian soybean producer, the Sorriso County, in the Mato Grosso State to illustrate the methodology.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators
title Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators
spellingShingle Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators
Silva,Felipe Vargas E
sustainability
open pit mining
environmental indicators
title_short Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators
title_full Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators
title_fullStr Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators
title_full_unstemmed Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators
title_sort Proposal of an environmental sustainability index for open-pit mines using landscape fragmentation indicators
author Silva,Felipe Vargas E
author_facet Silva,Felipe Vargas E
Peroni,Rodrigo
author_role author
author2 Peroni,Rodrigo
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva,Felipe Vargas E
Peroni,Rodrigo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv sustainability
open pit mining
environmental indicators
topic sustainability
open pit mining
environmental indicators
description The perception of the environmental impacts caused by economic activities is subjective and usually negatively affects the image of an extractive sector such as mining. In order to avoid this, the environmental impact assessment must be supported by clear and well-selected environmental indicators. An index of sustainability was created to demonstrate that open-pit mining is comparable to other economic activities. The index is composed by of environmental indicators like water and energy consumption combined with an indicator of landscape fragmentation, using remote sensing data and geoprocessing. A comparative study considering a ten-year period was carried out with the biggest iron ore mine in Brazil, N5W, and the largest Brazilian soybean producer, the Sorriso County, in the Mato Grosso State to illustrate the methodology.
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