O passado e o presente nos conflitos ambientais na indústria mineira e metalúrgica

This chapter reflects on several forthcoming key topics on environmental social conflits in historical perspective, namely, the relationship between the expansion of extractivism and the reactive and preemptive conflicts, the role of scientists and scientific discourses on social mobilization, the environmental movements and the empowerment of the poor, the strategic response behavior of large mining corporations. The conclusive analysis looks for continuities and contrasts between contemporary environmental conflicts and the conflicts of the past, often identified as 'peasant conflicts' over industrial polution.