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Ambiente & Sociedade ISSN: 1414-753X [email protected] Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade Brasil SILVA, MARCOS PEDRO DA; ROCHA, CLEONICE Caracterização da mineração aurífera em Faina, Goiás, em um contexto ambiental histórico e atual Ambiente & Sociedade, vol. XI, núm. 2, julio-diciembre, 2008, pp. 373-388 Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade Campinas, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=31713419011 Abstract We have analysed the three main processes of gold mining - slave mining, dredging and industrial gold mining -, by means of an environmental historical-dialectic approach in the municipality of Faina, in the Brazilian State of Goias State. The data showed that dredging had the greatest environmental impact on the area. The gold mining activities in Faina strongly contributed to the environmental history of the municipality and to the memory of this type of mining in Brazil. Keywords Mining process, Gold exploration, Environmental impacts. How to cite Complete issue More information about this article Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Scientific Information System Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative