Enhancing and testing the ESAR in a bauxite mine in the Australian context

• Grant number: 16/23021-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: April 24, 2017
• End date: April 23, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mining Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Luis Enrique Sánchez
• Grantee: Josianne Cláudia Sales Rosa
• Supervisor: Angus Morrison-Saunders
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Murdoch University, Australia
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/22927-1 - Evaluating outcomes of mine land rehabilitation through ecosystem services, BP.DR

Abstract

The concept of ecosystem services provides an integrative approach to gauge to what extent restoring ecosystem functions results in social benefits. The research aims at enhancing and testing a draft version of an ecosystems services-based procedure to evaluate land rehabilitation in mining. This procedure, named Ecosystem Service Approach to Rehabilitation- ESAR, was developed and tested in a large project (Juruti bauxite mine), located in Pará State. Considering the large experience of Australia in mine land rehabilitation, a review of practices will be conducted as a preparation for testing ESAR in a Western Australia's bauxite mine where rehabilitation has been implemented and monitored for decades. Mine monitoring data will be reviewed under the perspective of restoration of ecosystem services. After reviewing the current state of ESAR, a peer-review will be sought by inviting experts to participate in a questionnaire survey. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SALES ROSA, JOSIANNE CLAUDIA; SANCHEZ, LUIS ENRIQUE; MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS. Getting to 'agreed' post-mining land use - an ecosystem services approach. IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROJECT APPRAISAL, v. 36, n. 3, p. 10-pg., 2018-01-01. (16/23021-1, 14/22927-1)

SALES ROSA, JOSIANNE CLAUDIA; SANCHEZ, LUIS ENRIQUE; MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS. Getting to `agreed' post-mining land use - an ecosystem services approach. IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROJECT APPRAISAL, v. 36, n. 3, p. 220-229, 2018. (16/23021-1, 14/22927-1)

SALES ROSA, JOSIANNE CLAUDIA; GENELETTI, DAVIDE; MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS; SANCHEZ, LUIS ENRIQUE; HUGHES, MICHAEL. To what extent can mine rehabilitation restore recreational use of forest land? Learning from 50 years of practice in southwest Australia. LAND USE POLICY, v. 90, JAN 2020. (16/23021-1, 17/10557-3, 14/22927-1)

ROSA, JOSIANNE C. S.; MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS; HUGHES, MICHAEL; SANCHEZ, LUIS E.. Planning mine restoration through ecosystem services to enhance community engagement and deliver social benefits. RESTORATION ECOLOGY, v. 28, n. 4, JUN 2020. (16/23021-1, 17/10557-3, 14/22927-1)