timeline

From the Petroleum to the Socio-environmental conflicts
1940
Discovering of the oil in the suburban area of Salvador
1948
Foundation of the Industry Federation of the Bahia State
1950
Inauguration of the National Petroleum Refinery, named in 1957 Landulpho Alves-Mataripe Refinery
1953
Foundation of PETROBRAS
1967
Foundation of the Industrial Centre of Aratu
1978
Foundation of the Petrochemical complex of Camaçari
1999
Foundation of the natural conservation reserve of the Todos os Santos Bay
2000
Foundation of the Extraction Reserve of Iguape Marine Bay
2004
Bananeiras, Praia Grande, Porto dos Cavalos, Martelo and Ponta Grossa are recognised as quilombolo’s communities by the State Cultural Foundation Palmares
2008
Ilha de Maré’s Communities attend the first seminar on water environmental justice 

The Norwegian cargo ship NCC JUBAIL loses in the water 1000 litres of lubricant oil while docking on the Aratu Port.
2009
Regional superintendent of INCRA organise a public earring to discuss the land regularisation of the territory of the Quilombo of Ilha de Maré.
2010
The Ilha de Maré’s Community protest blocking the entrance of the Aratu Port and exposing the chemical pollution and the environmental degradation.
2011
The Ilha de Maré’s Community protest again the thermoelectrical plant occupying the rail tracks that access to the Aratu Porto.
2013
Fire on the Golden Miller ship docked in the Aratu Port
2014
Activist from Ilha de Maré protest blocking the Aratu Port entrance
2017
The Ilha de Maré’s Community occupy the headquarter of the Bahia State Docks Company 

Incra publish on the official diary the technical report on the Identification e Delimitation  of the Ilha de Maré
2018
The Ilha de Maré’s Quilombo Community promote the “Toxic Tour”, a boat tour to show the polluting industries, in the Todos os Santos Bay to report the environmental racism. in Candeias the PETROBRAS pipeline breaks with consequences to the whole Todos os Santos Bay
2019
The Coordinators of the fishermen of Ilha de Maré file a complain for chemical contamination of the inhabitants to the Human Right National Council and request an intervention of the Council.
2020
Members of the Ilha de Maré apply for a claim with the Public defence office for illegal occupation of the Quilombo’s lands
2021
The Landulpho Alves refinery is sold to Mubadala Capital