Biodiversity and ecosystem services on post-industrial land / edited by Vimal Chandra Pandey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents
List of Contributors xv

About the Editor xxi

Foreword xxiii

Preface xxv

Acknowledgments xxvii

1 Mining Sustainability: A Reality in Arid Zones 1
Elizabeth J. Lam, Italo L. Montofré, and Fernando A. Alvarez

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Mining in Chile 3

1.3 Chile: Arid Zone Mining 6

1.4 Circular Mining and Arid Zone Sustainability 13

1.5 Conclusions 17

References 18

2 Restoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land: Challenges and Opportunities 25
Sameer Shekhar, Shubham Abhishek, Bhanu Pandey, and Siddharth Singh

2.1 Introduction 25

2.2 Post-Industrial Landscapes: A Brief Overview 26

2.3 Biodiversity on Post-Industrial Land 28

2.4 Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land 30

2.5 Restoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land 34

2.6 Policy and Management for Post-Industrial Landscapes 37

2.7 Key Findings and Implications 41

2.8 Challenges and Future Research Directions 41

2.9 Conclusion 43

References 43

3 Spontaneous Flora on Post-industrial Metalliferous Sites 53
Ksenija Jakovljević, Tomica Mišljenović, and Dragana Ranđelović

3.1 Introduction 53

3.2 Definition and Types of Post-industrial Sites 54

3.3 Spontaneous Flora: Characteristics and Benefits 63

3.4 Spontaneous Flora in Post-industrial Sites: Current Findings 65

3.5 Ecosystem Services of Spontaneous Flora on Post-industrial Metalliferous Sites 76

3.6 Conclusions 82

Acknowledgments 83

References 83

4 Restoration Ecosystem Toward Spontaneous Succession on Reclaimed Mining Sites 97
Marcin Pietrzykowski, Bartłomiej Woś, Justyna Likus-Cieślik, Marek Pająk, Edyta Sierka, and Barbara Stalmachová

4.1 Introduction 97

4.2 Biodiversity of Succession Communities on Mine Sites 98

4.3 Mine Soil Development Under Reclamation and Successional Communities 104

4.4 Biomass and Wood Productivity Potential of Reclaimed and Successional Plant Communities 106

4.5 Plant Communities from Succession as Indicators of Site Conditions 107

4.6 Managed Succession on Post-Mine Sites 109

4.7 Example of a Reclamation by Using Vegetation Communities from Succession 110

4.8 Conclusion 111

Acknowledgments 112

References 112

5 Plant Diversity on Post-Industrial Land: Resilience and Restoration 119
Shivali Sharma, Jonnada Likhita, Sunny Sharma, Gaurav Sharma, Amit Kumar, Rupesh Kumar, and Vimal Chandra Pandey

5.1 Introduction 119

5.2 Numerous Elements that Promote Industrialization 121

5.3 Industrial Impact on Plant Communities 122

5.4 Effects of Toxins Released by Various Industries 125

5.5 Mechanisms of Plant Resilience 125

5.6 Case Studies 138

5.7 Challenges and Failures 141

5.8 Ecological Restoration 143

5.9 Introduction of Important Species 146

5.10 Success Stories in Restoration 147

5.11 Policy Implications 155

5.12 Conclusion and Ways Forward 157

References 159

6 Plantation Forestry for Ecorestoration: A Working Premises 171
Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Abhishek Raj, Arnab Banerjee, Surendra Singh Bargali, and Kiran Bargali

6.1 Introduction 171

6.2 Plantation Forestry: Global Area Context 173

6.3 Expansion of Plantation Forestry to Industrial Forest Plantation 173

6.4 Species Grown in Forest Plantations 175

6.5 Ecosystem Services Through Plantation Forestry 175

6.6 Plantation Forestry Through a Reforestation Approach 178

6.7 Ecological Restoration and Sustainability 179

6.8 Forest Restoration 180

6.9 Plantation Forestry for Climate Change Mitigation 180

6.10 Socioeconomic Perspective of Restoration 181

6.11 Future Perspective 182

6.12 Conclusion 183

References 183

7 Soil Biodiversity and Plant-Microbes Interactions on Post-Industrial Land 189
Aneta Kowalska and Anna Grobelak

7.1 Loss of Soil Biodiversity on Post-Industrial Land 189

7.2 Biodiversity as an Opportunity for Sustainable Transformation of Mining Regions 190

7.3 Treatments Increasing the Biodiversity of Post-Industrial Soil 191

7.4 Post-Industrial Areas as a Refuge of Biodiversity 192

7.5 Plant-Growth-Promoting Microbes and Their Feasibility for Recultivation of Post-Industrial Lands 193

7.6 Summary and Conclusions 194

Acknowledgments 195

References 195

8 Afforestation of Former Asbestos Mines in Quebec, Canada: An Efficient Nature-Based Climate Solution that also Leads to Gains in Biodiversity 199
Nicolas Bélanger, Laurence Grimond, Rim Khlifa, Simon Bilodeau-Gauthier, and David Rivest

8.1 Introduction 199

8.2 Historical Background of Asbestos Mining in Canada 201

8.3 Typical Ecological Restoration 204

8.4 Afforestation 209

8.5 Carbon Sequestration 220

8.6 Gains in Plant and Faunal Diversity Following Afforestation 224

8.7 Conclusion 230

Acknowledgments 231

References 231

9 Bauxite Mine Restoration and Management 241
Shailesh Kumar Yadav, Arnab Banerjee, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Abhishek Raj, Surendra Singh Bargali, and Vimal Chandra Pandey

9.1 Introduction 241

9.2 Impact of Bauxite Mining 241

9.3 Approaches Toward Management of the Impact of Bauxite Mining 245

9.4 Restoration Targets and Objectives 246

9.5 Stages of Restoration Planning and Implementation 247

9.6 Restoration Implementation 248

9.7 Sustainable Bauxite Mining 254

9.8 Rehabilitation and Restoration in Surguja – A Case Study from Chhattisgarh, India 254

9.9 Conclusion 256

9.10 Future Directives 256

References 258

10 Role of the Local Government in Re-Use of Post-Industrial Sites in Poland 263
Katarzyna Sadowy

10.1 Introduction 263

10.2 Post-Industrial Sites in Poland 266

10.3 Role of the Voivodeships and Municipalities in the Management of Post-Industrial Areas 272

10.4 Conclusions 281

Acknowledgement 282

References 282

11 Restoration of Ecosystem Services of Endangered Wetlands in Post Oil and Gas Exploration Era in the Niger Delta, Nigeria 285
Aroloye O. Numbere, Victoria C. Obinna, Eberechukwu M. Maduike, and Austin E. Abah

11.1 Introduction 285

11.2 Characterization of Wetlands in the Niger Delta 287

11.3 Impact of Oil and Gas Exploration on Wetlands of the Niger Delta 289

11.4 Sedimentary Environment of the Niger Delta 295

11.5 Causes of Wetland Degradation 297

11.6 Ecosystem Services in a Restored Wetland 300

11.7 Sustainable Management of the Wetland in the Niger Delta 301

11.8 Policy Development of Wetlands in the Niger Delta 302

11.9 Conclusion and Recommendations 304

References 304

12 Carbon Sequestration in Revegetated Coal Mine Soil: A Chronosequence Study in the Gevra Opencast Project, Chhattisgarh, India 307
Preeti Singh, Amlan Kumar Ghosh, Ebhin Masto, Santosh Kumar, and Chandini Pradhan

12.1 Introduction 307

12.2 Analysis and Classification of Organic Residue/Plant Materials: Impacts on Carbon Sequestration in Soil 308

12.3 Litterfall Dynamics, Seasonal Variations, and Implications for Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration 309

12.4 Impact of Plant Litter Quality on Decomposition Rate and Soil Health in Restored Coal Mine Areas of Chhattisgarh, India 309

12.5 Role of Plant-Microbe Interactions in Soil Carbon Sequestration: Insights from Microbial Biomass Carbon Dynamics 310

12.6 Different Pools of Soil Organic Carbon in Restored Mine Soil 312

12.7 Total Organic Carbon, C Stock, and C Sequestration in Reclaimed Mine Soil 313

12.8 Insights from Spectroscopic Analysis on Soil Organic Carbon Characteristics in Restored Mine Soils 317

12.9 Conclusion 322

References 324

13 Ecosystem Services from Rehabilitated Waste Dumpsites 329
ml Dotaniya, CK Dotaniya, Kuldeep Kumar, RK Yadav, RK Doutaniya, HM Meena, DK Yadav, Saurabh Shukla, AO Shirale, and Manju Lata

13.1 Introduction 329

13.2 Different Types of Pollution 332

13.3 Risk Assessment of Metal Pollution 336

13.4 Source of Contamination and Its Identification 337

13.5 Effect on Ecological Services 338

13.6 Important Rehabilitated Waste Dumpsites 340

13.7 Ecosystem Services from Rehabilitated Waste Dumpsites 342

13.8 Improvement in Ecological Services by Improving the Waste Discharge Process 342

13.9 Strategies for Improving Ecological Services 344

13.10 Challenges Faced During Rehabilitation 346

13.11 Conclusions 346

References 347

14 Harnessing Aromatic Plants for Phytoremediation: A Scented Solution for Ecology and Economy 357
Vimal Chandra Pandey, Valeria Ancona, D. D. Tewari, and Sanat Kumar Dwibedi

14.1 Introduction 357

14.2 Aromatic Grasses 358

14.3 Aromatic Grasses and Their Phytoremediation Potential 360

14.4 Manifold Usages of Aromatic Grasses 367

14.5 Aromatic Grasses Rooted in UN-SDGs 368

14.6 Conclusion and Prospects 369

References 372

Index 381

"Mining, especially in open pits, as well as other industrial activities claim large land areas and leave them in a barren and contaminated state once the operation is completed. Decontaminating such post-industrial sites and restoring them with a functioning ecosystem has become a prime challenge for countries world-wide, in particular those with limited arable soil and forest resources. Ecological engineering helps this process along, by managing the microbiology and plant cover for a speedy recovery of essential ecosystem services"-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
Dr. Vimal Chandra Pandey is a leading researcher in the field of phytomanagement of polluted sites. He is listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists, announced by Stanford ­University and Elsevier BV. He serves as Editor, Advisory Board and Editorial Board Member for various journals, including Land Degradation and Development; Restoration ­Ecology; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Ambio; Clean−Soil Air Water; ­Discover Sustainability; Environmental Management; and Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

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