Environmental risk management and communication in an African context: The case of the Mozal bypass in Mozambique

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Autor(a) principal: Bussotti,Luca
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-37942014000200006
Resumo: This article aims to analyze the way in which Environmental Risk is managed and communicated to local people in an African context. In particular, the article considers the experience of one of the largest multinationals that operates in Mozambique: Mozal (Mozambique Aluminum). In 2010, it decided to make a “bypass” at its two Fume Treatment Centres. For six months, Mozal had been authorized to discharge emissions into the air without any filters, possibly damaging human health. The article seeks to understand how the various parties involved, institutional or otherwise, acted in order to prevent, manage and communicate this risk. The study is developed at two levels: firstly, the debate on risk communication in the Mozambican context; secondly, the same debate but at international level. As a conclusion, it is possible to argue that the weak and formal model of democracy present in Mozambique did not make it possible to obtain guarantees that have been considered serious and significant at international level.
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title Environmental risk management and communication in an African context: The case of the Mozal bypass in Mozambique
spellingShingle Environmental risk management and communication in an African context: The case of the Mozal bypass in Mozambique
Bussotti,Luca
Mozambique
environmental risk
risk management
risk communication
participation
pollution
title_short Environmental risk management and communication in an African context: The case of the Mozal bypass in Mozambique
title_full Environmental risk management and communication in an African context: The case of the Mozal bypass in Mozambique
title_fullStr Environmental risk management and communication in an African context: The case of the Mozal bypass in Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed Environmental risk management and communication in an African context: The case of the Mozal bypass in Mozambique
title_sort Environmental risk management and communication in an African context: The case of the Mozal bypass in Mozambique
author Bussotti,Luca
author_facet Bussotti,Luca
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bussotti,Luca
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mozambique
environmental risk
risk management
risk communication
participation
pollution
topic Mozambique
environmental risk
risk management
risk communication
participation
pollution
description This article aims to analyze the way in which Environmental Risk is managed and communicated to local people in an African context. In particular, the article considers the experience of one of the largest multinationals that operates in Mozambique: Mozal (Mozambique Aluminum). In 2010, it decided to make a “bypass” at its two Fume Treatment Centres. For six months, Mozal had been authorized to discharge emissions into the air without any filters, possibly damaging human health. The article seeks to understand how the various parties involved, institutional or otherwise, acted in order to prevent, manage and communicate this risk. The study is developed at two levels: firstly, the debate on risk communication in the Mozambican context; secondly, the same debate but at international level. As a conclusion, it is possible to argue that the weak and formal model of democracy present in Mozambique did not make it possible to obtain guarantees that have been considered serious and significant at international level.
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