Ecological restoration of land with particular reference to the mining of metals and industrial minerals: A review of theory and practice

Mining causes the destruction of natural ecosystems through removal of soil and vegetation and burial beneath waste disposal sites. The restoration of mined land in practice can largely be consider...

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