By Domingos Zaparolli, Revista Pesquisa FAPESP
A new approach to reforesting native trees, drawn up by researchers from the forest engineering department of the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, is being tested in the area affected by the Brumadinho dam disaster of 2019.
On January 25 of that year, an iron ore tailings dam operated by mining firm Vale collapsed, killing 270 people and causing untold environmental damage to the surrounding region.
Another three areas in the vicinity of mining dams in Minas Gerais are also being assessed for implementation, which will also take place in the surroundings...
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