A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MARIANA/MG DISASTER

Abstract

This article seeks, initially, to understand the concept of Rule of Environmental Law, analyzing whether it is in force in the national legislation. Subsequently, the study goes on to identify the failures and consequences of the Fundão dam collapse in 2015. The theme of Environmental Law is still constantly neglected by part of the population, which, by living based on immediate paradigms, fails to consider the effects of their actions, as in the case studied here. It is necessary to seek alternatives to current anthropic practices, seeking conducts that focus not only on the individual, but also on the community. Thus, the question arises: would the Rule of Environmental Law be able to foresee, and even avoid, the consequences of the Mariana/MG disaster in 2015? The objective of this research, through its applied methodology, is to answer this problematic question from the pillar of Disaster Law. After applying the premises of the aforementioned institute to the 2015 tragedy, it is concluded that, although the Brazilian legal system provides for the Rule of Environmental Law, it still does not work effectively. In the production of the article, a qualitative, exploratory, doctrinal and documentary research was carried out, based on the theoretical bibliographic survey.