An Approach to Thresholds for Evaluating Post-Mining Site Reclamation

Adesipo, Adegbite A.; Freese, Dirk; Zerbe, Stefan; Wiegleb, Gerhard

doi:10.3390/su13105618

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“…Several approaches and measures are typically used to bring back the lost ecosystems that have suffered from mining (Adesipo et al, 2021 ; Bradshaw, 2000 ; Giannini et al, 2016 ). In recent decades, some conventional techniques such as waste removal, dam building, and on‐site containment by sealing have usually been applied for the restoration of mining‐affected lands (European Commission, 2009 ).…”

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“…In recent decades, some conventional techniques such as waste removal, dam building, and on‐site containment by sealing have usually been applied for the restoration of mining‐affected lands (European Commission, 2009 ). However, these methods are criticized for being cost‐effective, time‐consuming and unacceptable to the general public, and impossible to apply at large scales due to geo‐structural and environmental restrictions (Adesipo et al, 2021 ; Conesa & Schulin, 2010 ; Tordof et al, 2000 ). Therefore, restoration ecologists recently suggested plant‐based techniques to restore degraded ecosystems in a cost‐effective and environmentally friendly manner compared with other approaches based on some recent conceptual models hypothesizing plant facilitation as an interaction exploitable in restoration (Cuevas et al, 2013 ; Navarro‐Cano et al, 2017 ; Ren et al, 2008 ).…”

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Plant–plant interactions determine natural restoration of plant biodiversity over time, in a degraded mined land

Bashirzadeh

Shefferson

Farzam

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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Restoration of degraded environments is essential to mitigate adverse impacts of human activities on ecosystems. Plant–plant interactions may provide effective means for restoring degraded arid lands, but little is understood about these impacts. In this regard, we analyzed the effects of two dominant nurse plants (i.e., Artemisia sieberi and Stipa arabica ) on taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity across different ages of land abandonment (i.e., control, recent, and old ages) in a limestone mine site in Iran. In addition, we considered two spatial scales: i) the plot scale (i.e., under 1m2 plots) and ii) the vegetation‐patch scale (i.e., under the canopies of nurse plants), to assess nurse plant effects, land abandonment ages, and their relative importance on biodiversity facets by performing Kruskal–Wallis H test and variation partitioning analysis. Our results indicated an increase in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity at the plot scale, when considering the presence of nurse plants under old ages of land abandonment. Such significant differences were consistent with the positive effects of Artemisia patches on taxonomic diversity and Stipa patches on functional and phylogenetic diversity. In addition, we found a larger contribution from nurse plants than land abandonment age on biodiversity variation at both spatial scales studied. Therefore, these results indicate the importance of plant–plant interactions in restoring vegetation, with their effects on the presence of beneficiary species and their functional and phylogenetic relatedness depending on the nurse life forms under the stress‐gradient hypothesis.

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Plant–plant interactions determine natural restoration of plant biodiversity over time, in a degraded mined land

Bashirzadeh

Shefferson

Farzam

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Although there are many other factors associated with spatiotemporal effects (e.g., research paradigm, disturbance threshold, and interaction among ESs [17]), uncontrollable climatic changes will increase the disturbance frequency and severity on cross-spatiotemporal scales, which makes it difficult to manage disturbances. According to our findings, the main climate-related triggers for ES changes were heavy precipitation, floods, and dry periods.…”

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“…The ESs in mining areas are likely to change more dramatically, with the extension in time and space of disturbances in the coming decades [15]. This will further be accentuated as a result of the climate change (e.g., drought, temperature, and precipitation), which can expand the disturbance impacts through altering the ESs change rate [16,17]. The disturbance impacts (i.e., the condition, size, severity, and frequency of disturbance over extended spatial and temporal scales) can be reflected by the changes in ESs at spatiotemporal scales, as the actual contribution of mining and restoration to ES change is subject to change over time and space [18][19][20].…”

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Spatiotemporal Variability of Human Disturbance Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Mining Areas

Liu

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Sustainability

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Human activities pose significant impacts on ecosystem services (ESs) in mining areas, which will continually increase over time and space. However, the mechanism of ES change on spatiotemporal scales post-disturbance remains unclear, especially in the context of global climate change. Here, we conducted a global literature review on the impact of two of the most frequent disturbance factors (mining and restoration) on 27 different ESs, intending to synthesize the impacts of human disturbance on ESs in mining areas via a meta-analysis, and analyze the spatiotemporal variability of ESs after disturbance. We screened 3204 disturbance studies published on the Web of Science between 1950 and 2020 and reviewed 340 in detail. The results of independence test showed that human disturbance had a significant impact on ESs in the mining areas (p < 0.001). The impacts (positive and/or negative) caused by mining and restoration differed considerably among ESs (even on the same ESs). Additionally, spatiotemporal scales of human disturbance were significantly related to spatiotemporal scales of ES change (p < 0.001). We found that the positive and negative impacts of disturbances on ESs may be interconversion under specific spatiotemporal conditions. This seems to be associated with spatiotemporal variability, such as the temporal lag, spatial spillover, and cumulative spatiotemporal effects. Climate changes can lead to further spatiotemporal variability, which highlights the importance of understanding the changes in ESs post-disturbance on spatiotemporal scales. Our research presents recommendations for coping with the twofold pressure of climate change and spatiotemporal variability, to understand how ESs respond to human disturbance at spatiotemporal scales in the future, and manage disturbances to promote sustainable development in mining areas.

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“…Regardless of the type of earlier conducted economic activity, attention must be paid to the emergence of negative and multi-faceted consequences of breaking the existing functional and social ties. In addition, in post-mining towns, special attention is paid to problems related to the rehabilitation of degraded areas [27][28][29][30]. An essential issue in the research is the conclusion on the support of transformation by entities and institutions located at various levels of administration.…”

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Semi-Natural Areas on Post-Mining Brownfields as an Opportunity to Strengthen the Attractiveness of a Small Town. An Example of Radzionków in Southern Poland

Kantor‐Pietraga

Zdyrko

Bednarczyk

2021

Land

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The socio-economic and political changes of the end of the 20th century in Central and Eastern Europe had significant impacts on the transformation of urban spaces, especially in industrial and mining towns. The article attempts to explain the essence of these changes concerning the spatial development of—a small post-mining town in southern Poland. This article evaluates urban development policy in response to the significant land-use changes in the small post-mining city of Radzionków, with particular attention to the transformation of brownfield sites to semi-natural areas of regional importance. This issue is interesting for two reasons. First, this small city, located in a large European agglomeration, has to face competition focused on interesting regional projects. Second, there is a desire for reindustrialization as a remedy for job losses in mining and heavy industry. The successful establishment of a large botanical garden in this city provides a case study for discussing the future of small post-industrial cities and the development of land use policy regarding valuable natural areas located in post-industrial and post-mining areas. This study also indicates the vital role of the creative management factor.

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An Approach to Thresholds for Evaluating Post-Mining Site Reclamation

Cited by 9 publications

References 77 publications

Plant–plant interactions determine natural restoration of plant biodiversity over time, in a degraded mined land

Plant–plant interactions determine natural restoration of plant biodiversity over time, in a degraded mined land

Spatiotemporal Variability of Human Disturbance Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Mining Areas

Semi-Natural Areas on Post-Mining Brownfields as an Opportunity to Strengthen the Attractiveness of a Small Town. An Example of Radzionków in Southern Poland

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