Rio Doce at Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, August 2008. While the river looks peaceful, the river valley had already endured at least a century of abuse, with nearly all of the Atlantic Forest ...

Object Details Author Saijō, Yatsuka 1924-2007 Tundisi, J. G Notes Report of research project, "Biological productivity of Rio Doce Valley Lake System, Brazil," the Grant-in-aid for Overseas ...

With almost two decades working in the Rio Doce valley and a nature rescue effort in an area deeply affected by the destruction of the rainforest, the Terra Institute defends the proposal for the ...

Forests are complex ecosystems with numerous interacting components, including plants, soil, water, fungi, people and other animals. These diverse habitats and ecological systems support immense ...

The Rio Doce valley is also home to traditional gold prospectors who pan for the mineral in the river. The stream muddied with toxic sediment has cut them off from a source of income.

The valley was named after the river that runs through it, the Rio Doce. When I was a child, it was large, full of alligators; today, there’s very little water left.

Thirteen people died when 60 million cubic metres of mud and mine waste ripped through the Rio Doce valley last month, striking a village, ...

An English lawsuit against an Australian company for a mine disaster in Brazil is an attempt by 200,000 victims to claim back five years of their lives.

Rio Doce still foul Zoe Sullivan, Regencia, Brazil 07/05/2016 July 5, 2016. Eight months after a mining dam collapsed in southeastern Brazil, the 1.6 million people living along the Doce River are ...

The Lower Doce River Valley region is the site of the deepest natural lake in Brazil. The research team headed by Gilberto Barroso at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) has prepared a ...

Formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (the River Doce Valley Company), it was created by the government in the 1940s during a period of intense industrialisation of Brazil, that was coupled ...

Brazil's federal and state governments plan to sue the owners of the Samarco iron ore miner for 20 billion reais ($5.24 billion)in damages caused by the burst of a tailings dam, Environment ...