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Mining in ecologically sensitive landscapes /

Mining in Ecologically Sensitive Landscapes explores the interface between geology and botany, and mining and conservation. Many areas of unusual geology that contain ore-bearing bodies also support unique ecological communities of plants and animals. Increasing demand to exploit rich mineral deposi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: CSIRO (Australia)
Other Authors: Tibbett, Mark (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2015.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mining in Ecologically Sensitive Landscapes ; Contents; List of contributors; Technical reviewers; Introduction, concepts and challenges; 1 Mining in ecologically sensitive landscapes: concepts and challenges; 2 Mined land reclamation in the Appalachian coalfields: a case for an ecosystem reclamation approach; 3 Hidden costs of mining in ecologically sensitive areas; Endemism in ironstone geosystems; 4 Iron geosystems: priority areas for conservation in Brazil; 5 Flora and vegetation surveys of the ironstone ranges of the Yilgarn Craton.
  • 6 Lessons drawn from iron ore mining in the Yilgarn region of Western AustraliaProgress in bauxite mining; 7 Mining and ecological restoration in the jarrah forest of Western Australia; 8 Recovery of terrestrial orchids in naturale cosystems after severe disturbance; 9 The mining-restoration system and ecosystem development following bauxite mining in a biodiverse environment of the seasonally dry tropics of Australia; Ways forward; 10 Key values of metallophytes for the minerals industry in Australasia.