Tailings containment dams in the southeastern of state of para-brazil: An analysis based on the current model of sustainable development of the UN

The mesoregion of southeastern of Pará State, in Brazil, made up of 39 municipalities, is of great relevance under the prism of several aspects, such as economic, social and territorial. For example, according to Brandão, Castro and Neto (2017), the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of this mesoregion, which is part of a Brazilian state, is similar to the GDP of the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba. Due to the importance and the mineral vocation of this mesoregion, it is observed that it contains around 56% of the mining waste containment dams in the state of Pará, according to data from DNPM (2016). This leads to a focus on sustainable development. The beginning of this theme dates back to the 1980s. This article will focus on 2015, when the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development emerged. The Objectives of Sustainable Development (ODS) can be related to the theme of dam safety and conclude that the adoption of the practice of dam safety is a way of contributing to sustainable development along the lines of the United Nation (UN). Thus, the following question arises that will guide this article: how are the mining tailings containment dams in the southeast meso region of Pará in relation to the UN sustainable development assistance prescribed through these ODS?