Conclusive Technical Report: Restoration and Reuse of Areas in Mining Projects – Mina Passé Case Study
Geotourism, Mine Closure, Ecological Restoration, Geoeducation
Closing the mine is a procedure of great discussion, and minimizing its risks depends on several factors such as legislation and local technical knowledge. This work presents a technical overview of global legislation, Brazilian legislation and the main successful standards, discusses and applies concepts of ESG, geotourism, ecological restoration, seeking an innovative vision, focused on reducing environmental impacts and giving new meaning to the mine area at its closing. The development of this work is a pioneering strategy for Bahia, mixing intelligent ecological restoration aligned with remote sensing, inventory and conservation of geological heritage, geotourism and the popularization of science, opening closed mines or mines that are close to closing, carrying out a functional landscape project , thus bringing a new form of attitude and entrepreneurship in the sector with the aim of involving the surrounding communities. A landscape project was developed covering geotourism, ecological restoration, sustainable strategies with social, environmental and governmental concerns, associated with environmental policies. List of highly successful ventures around the world that are pioneers in the subject's practices and the case study of Mina Passé, which is the applicability of all the concepts and knowledge of the subject, with the reconstruction and future model in the applied project.