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Skirycz A, Castilho A, Chaparro C, et al. Canga biodiversity, a matter of mining. Front Plant Sci. 2014;5:653doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00653.
Skirycz, A., Castilho, A., Chaparro, C., Carvalho, N., Tzotzos, G., & Siqueira, J. O. (2014). Canga biodiversity, a matter of mining. Frontiers in plant science, 5653. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00653
Skirycz, Aleksandra, et al. "Canga biodiversity, a matter of mining." Frontiers in plant science vol. 5 (2014): 653. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00653
Skirycz A, Castilho A, Chaparro C, Carvalho N, Tzotzos G, Siqueira JO. Canga biodiversity, a matter of mining. Front Plant Sci. 2014 Nov 24;5:653. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00653. eCollection 2014. PMID: 25505476; PMCID: PMC4241825.
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Front Plant Sci. 2014 Nov 24;5:653. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00653. eCollection 2014.

Canga biodiversity, a matter of mining.

Frontiers in plant science

Aleksandra Skirycz, Alexandre Castilho, Cristian Chaparro, Nelson Carvalho, George Tzotzos, Jose O Siqueira

Affiliations

  1. Department of Sustainable Development, Vale Institute of Technology Belém, Brazil.
  2. Vale S.A., AP Supervisao PCM Carajas, Brazil.

PMID: 25505476 PMCID: PMC4241825 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00653

Abstract

Brazilian name canga refers to the ecosystems associated with superficial iron crusts typical for the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais (MG) and some parts of Amazon (Flona de Carajas). Iron stone is associated with mountain plateaux and so, in addition to high metal concentrations (particularly iron and manganese), canga ecosystems, as other rock outcrops, are characterized by isolation and environmental harshness. Canga inselbergs, all together, occupy no more than 200 km(2) of area spread over thousands of km(2) of the Iron Quadrangle (MG) and the Flona de Carajas, resulting in considerable beta biodiversity. Moreover, the presence of different microhabitats within the iron crust is associated with high alpha biodiversity. Hundreds of angiosperm species have been reported so far across remote canga inselbergs and different micro-habitats. Among these are endemics such as the cactus Arthrocereus glaziovii and the medicinal plant Pilocarpus microphyllus. Canga is also home to iron and manganese metallophytes; species that evolved to tolerate high metal concentrations. These are particularly interesting to study metal homeostasis as both iron and manganese are essential plant micro-elements. Besides being models for metal metabolism, metallophytes can be used for bio-remediation of metal contaminated sites, and as such are considered among priority species for canga restoration. "Biodiversity mining" is not the only mining business attracted to canga. Open cast iron mining generates as much as 5-6% of Brazilian gross domestic product and dialog between mining companies, government, society, and ecologists, enforced by legal regulation, is ongoing to find compromise for canga protection, and where mining is unavoidable for ecosystem restoration. Environmental factors that shaped canga vegetation, canga biodiversity, physiological mechanisms to play a role, and ways to protect and restore canga will be reviewed.

Keywords: canga; ecosystem; endemism; iron; restoration

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