%0 Journal Article
%T Desenvolvimento sustent¨¢vel e garimpo: o caso do Garimpo do Engenho Podre em Mariana, Minas Gerais
%A Amade
%A Pedro
%A Lima
%A Hernani Mota de
%J Rem: Revista Escola de Minas
%D 2009
%I Escola de Minas
%R 10.1590/S0370-44672009000200016
%X based on sustainable development principles, this paper evaluates artisanal gold mining activity in engenho podre. this study followed the hypothesis that the implementation of environmental management according to a conduct adjustment agreement firmed by the cooperativa dos garimpeiros de mariana (coopergama), associated with operational performance improvement would permit continuation of this activity in a sustainable way from the environmental, socioeconomic and cultural point of view. although still illegal, from the technical point of view, the artisanal mining at engenho podre is adopting environmentally-accepted strategies to promote reasonable socioeconomic development. however, administrative issues and lack of investments still affect the sustainability of such practices in the long-term. this paper shows that when good administrative and environmental practices are adopted, it is possible to meet the sustainable development principles in an artisanal mining activity.
%K sustainable development
%K artisanal gold mining
%K environment.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0370-44672009000200016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en