1. Seminar Environmental Disasters: National and International Experience
Challenges and Solutions for Rio Doce: Presentation of Workshop Results
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Schmidt
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
Department of Environmental Planning
13th September 2017

2. Immediate Goals
Immediate environmental demands identified by stakeholders and academics – Water Sector
Water supply
Sewage treatment
Environmental monitoring
Participation in design, solution and monitoring

3. Management and Governance Demands for the water sector
Strategic Goals
Management and Governance Demands for the water sector
Long term planning for Rio Doce watershed
Support for development for policy framework for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
Integration of interests from different stakeholders on water resources and quality
Knowledge transfer for renaturation, remediation and/or restauration measures on degraded river systems

4. Hierarchy of Strategic Actions
Environmental monitoring
Prior investigations and lab experiments
Prevention
Rehabilitation and remediation
Mitigation and compensation
Setting development priorities in affected and in flood-prone areas
Pilot projects

5. Workshop Results FGV as cooperation partner for scientific research
Scientific support for the Brazilian partners
Bilateral expertise exchange between Brazil and Germany
Upgrading of existing Master Plan by academic support
Pilot projects
Governance and planning
Strategies on responsible mining
University Workshop 2018 on mitigation and compensation measures
Documentation of workshop discussions and results will be available