The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services-goods and
resources-ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to …

The world population is increasing at an alarming rate and tremendous quantity of waste is
getting produced due to urbanization, industrialization, increase in human population, and …

Defining clear goals for ecosystem restoration, and developing effective tools to assess and
monitor progress, are critical to achieve restoration success. Soil quality indicators can be …

Despite significant efforts to restore dryland ecosystems worldwide, the rate of success of
restoration is extremely low in these areas. The role of cyanobacteria from soil biocrusts in …

The primary solid waste product of surface coal mining is overburden (also known as spoil),
the material that is moved to access the underlying coal seams. Once removed, this material …

Anthropogenic land use change (LUC) affects soil quality and the global carbon (C) pool.
Such LUC is a potential threat for forest ecosystems because it can alter soil biome and …

Avoiding soil degradation and improving crop productivity could be achieved by performing
sustainable soil nutrient management with an appropriate understanding of soil properties' …

Dryland areas are being seriously affected by degradation processes. The use of organic
amendments in ecosystem restoration is an effective technique for accelerating soil …

The mining industry is a major contributor to Australia's economy. However, such returns
may come at high environmental and social costs, including loss of biodiversity or heritage …

The use of native plant seeds is fundamental to large-scale rehabilitation and the re-
establishment of self-sustaining ecosystems after high-impact mining activity has ceased …