Anthropogenic impacts and implications for ecological restoration in the Karoo, South Africa

SJ Milton, WRJ Dean - Anthropocene, 2021 - Elsevier
Arid regions globally have suffered ecological damage as European colonists have
displaced virtually all nomadic cultures over the past 300 years, exploiting grazing, fauna …

Revegetation of mining-impacted sites with a tropical native grass: constraints of climate seasonality and trace-element accumulation

CO Rios, AI Siqueira-Silva, EG Pereira - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The iron ore mining activity results in considerable waste production and impacts on
surrounding ecosystems. Natural recovery of impacted areas is absent or occurs slowly …

How does drought affect native grasses' photosynthesis on the revegetation of iron ore tailings?

CO Rios, AI Siqueira-Silva, EG Pereira - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
The revegetation of areas degraded by iron ore mining is a difficult challenge mainly due to
water availability and impoverished metal-rich substrates. We sought to understand the …

Transformation and contamination of soils in iron ore mining areas (a review)

IV Zamotaev, IV Ivanov, PV Mikheev, VP Belobrov - Eurasian Soil Science, 2017 - Springer
Current concepts of soil transformation and contamination in iron ore mining areas have
been reviewed. Changes of soils and ecosystems in the mining areas are among the largest …

Assessment of Iron Toxicity in Tropical Grasses with Potential for Revegetating Mined Areas.

C Oliveira Rios, BC de Souza… - Polish Journal of …, 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
The selection of plant species resistant to iron toxicity is important in the ecological
rehabilitation of mining areas. The objective of our study was to identify the degree of …

Трансформация и загрязнение почв в районах добычи железных руд (обзор литературы)

ИВ Замотаев, ИВ Иванов, ПВ Михеев, ВП Белобров - Почвоведение, 2017 - elibrary.ru
Приводится обзор современных представлений о трансформации и загрязнении почв
в районах разработки железных руд. Изменения почв и экосистем в районах добычи …

A bioassay of mine-affected soils and ameliorants in semi-arid rehabilitation

CD Neethling, SJ Milton, FT Buschke… - South African Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Global restoration is a priority given the onset of the United Nations' decade for restoration. It
is challenging to restore arid lands from mining impacts, especially where topsoil deficits …

Comparing potential unstable sites and stable sites on revegetated cut-slopes of mountainous terrain in Korea

SH Kil, DK Lee, HG Kim, NC Kim, S Im, GS Park - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
This study employs a diverse set of variables to explain slope stabilization on stable versus
failure-prone revegetated cut-slopes in Korea. A field survey was conducted at potential …

[HTML][HTML] Карагана древовидная (Caragana arborescens Lam.) как кустарниковая порода при биологической рекультивации техногенных ландшафтов

ЭИ Трещевская, ЕН Тихонова… - Лесотехнический …, 2021 - cyberleninka.ru
Полезные ископаемые считаются одной из составляющих экономики любой страны.
Отрицательной стороной техногенеза является возникновение техногенных …

Seed viability and re-growth of grasses used for mine waste rehabilitation

I Muller - 2014 - repository.nwu.ac.za
Sustainable rehabilitation can be compromised by the inability of vegetation to survive in
hostile mine wastes on a long-term basis. The adverse chemical and physical properties of …