ecosystem services into quarry restoration. Findings include the types of ecosystem services that restored quarries can (potentially) generate and associated public benefits specifically for four common habitat types: heathlands, grasslands, wetlands and farmland. The report gives ...
In England alone there are over 2,000 active quarries, covering 64,000ha (0.1% of the country's land area). All this land is under temporary stewardship of mineral operators and all of it will be restored after quarrying. Restoration, and aftercare, is of course a requirement and component of planning permission for mineral extraction.
The stepwise concept for ecosystem benefit valuation we applied to quarry restoration follows four sequential steps. Step 1 and the assessment in step 2 are primarily taken from the TESSA approach (see Peh et al., 2013), whereas the following steps add some new elements comprising benefit identification, monetization and presentation in a …
Ensuring Restored Quarries Meet the UK's Biodiversity Requirements. 13 September, 2017. First published in the August 2017 issue of Quarry Management as Above and Beyond…. Strategies to …
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "The ecological potential of a restored abandoned quarry ecosystem in Mt. Mufu, Nanjing, China" by Jin-li Wang et al. ... The restoration and evaluation of degraded ecosystems is an important component of the sustainable development of complex "human-natural-economic" ecosystems.
2. Sustainability Quarry Restoration, Reclamation & Re-use nabilit Definitions of Sustainability There is abundant evidence that humanity is using up the earth's resources at a rate that will deplete them much too quickly, and in the process is causing unacceptable levels of pollution which destroys natural habitats and eco …
biodiversity protection and strengthening the restoration. and man agement of degraded ecosystem, hoping to. change the continuous deterioration of karst ecological. environment, build a res ource ...
Ecological restoration has the potential to accelerate the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem services in degraded ecosystems. However, current research queries whether active restoration is necessary. ... at abandoned quarries undergoing spontaneous restoration, and within a natural reference area, to compare pollinator community ...
Effects of quarry restoration on pollinator services. Monthly effects had, as expected, a significant impact on network structure, with differences found mainly in February and April. ... Enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in quarry restoration – challenges, strategies, and practice. Restor. Ecol., 28 (2020), pp. 655-660. …
Healthy freshwater ecosystems can provide vital ecosystem services (ESs), and this capacity may be hampered due to water quality deterioration and climate change. In the currently available ES modeling tools, ecosystem processes are either absent or oversimplified, hindering the evaluation of impacts of restoration measures on ES …
This study developed and categorized quarry ecosystem recovery indicators based on the Core Capabilities of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International through literature review and ...
In the United States alone, ecosystem restoration is a $25 billion industry that employs 220,000 people, more than each of the coal, logging or steel industries. And globally, each $1 invested in restoring degraded landscapes can bring $7-30 in economic returns. Healthy ecosystems are also a lynchpin in the fight against climate change, …
An extension of 277 acres of land, a place previously known as the Walkers Quarry, this area was previously a sand extraction mine destined to become a landfill and now is a natural reserve and living laboratory for climate resilience. Walkers Reserve. Image by WIRRED. The Walker's Reserve has completely transformed this environment while ...
This study developed and categorized quarry ecosystem recovery indicators based on the Core Capabilities of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International through literature review and ...
A restoration project for the Matasaru-Fusea quarry has brought together building materials company Lafarge with WWF Romania to find a way to maintain ecosystems and help nature find its way. In 2011–2012, more than 500 local schoolchildren toured the Matasaru-Fusea quarry. "In Romania, people think they have to go to the Danube Delta …
Between now and 2030, the restoration of 350 million hectares of degraded terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems could generate US$9 trillion in ecosystem services. Restoration …
All quarry sites that are under a company's management control, including: new quarries ("green-field" projects), active quarries, inactive quarries, and depleted/closed quarries, …
Ecological restoration assessment is defined by three concepts: evaluation of the results, evaluation of the effects, and evaluation of the benefits. Results evaluation is a comparison with the stated goals or reference system and focuses on the recovery of the ecosystem composition, structure, and pattern.
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOSER.2016.06.003 Corpus ID: 131920978; Applying ecosystem benefit valuation to inform quarry restoration planning @article{Wilker2016ApplyingEB, title={Applying ecosystem benefit valuation to inform quarry restoration planning}, author={Jost Wilker and Karsten Rusche and Alexander Benning and Michael A. …
On the other hand, in the quarry Mikro Derio two scenarios are proposed; one provides restoring the site to its pre-quarry land use and the other is the restoration of the quarry combined with the ...
$975,000 to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to support the restoration of flora ecosystems, assessing inactive quarries and exploring restoration and reclamation of those quarries, and supporting invasive species efforts throughout the territory.
After a quarry has closed, companies are expected to restore or improve the environment. Restoration can include: Creation of Wildlife Reserves or Habitats: By planting native trees and creating water bodies, a closed quarry can be transformed into a sanctuary for birds, insects, and other wildlife, encouraging biodiversity.
a b s t r a c t Resilience against sudden changes in the environment is a very desirable trait in plants used for ecosystem restoration. Mediterranean-like vegetation exhibits particularly strong ...
We carried out an ecosystem service (ES) assessment at Soto de Pajares, a 400 ha active gravel quarry site located close to protected areas in the southeast of the Community of Madrid, Spain. The currently approved restoration plan is for quarry‐made excavations to be restored back to agricultural land. However, the site has been …
The foundation for ecosystem restoration and construction is an increase in biodiversity, and plant diversity is particularly important. Sustaining plant diversity can ... During this process, the entire quarry ecosystem is degraded and disappears, primarily due to man-made interference and damage to the ground vegetation. Anthropogenic ...
The use of Technosols for the restoration of limestone quarries overcomes the usual "in situ" scarcity of soil and/or its poor quality. The use of mine spoils, improved with mineral and/or organic ...
The restoration of the ecological system of the abandoned quarry represents the restoration of self-maintaining and self-regulating …
Evaluation index system and ecological restoration of abandoned quarries. July 2017. DOI: 10.1201/9781315166582-40. Conference: The 2nd International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological ...
We developed a four-step approach to assess and value ecosystem services and benefits. The approach was applied to different restoration scenarios (nature reserves, woodland, farmland) of three quarries. Investigated benefits were benign physical and chemical environment, socio-cultural fulfillment and adequate resources.
The main goal of this article is to assess the mid-term effects (10 years), on two key ecosystem services (carbon sequestration and habitat function), of the use of sewage …
Quarry reuse alternatives have been identified among those consistent with the rehabilitation goals, as defined by the planning sector and internationally approved, …
We carried out an ecosystem service (ES) assessment at Soto de Pajares, a 400 ha active gravel quarry site located close to protected areas in the southeast of the Community of Madrid, Spain. The currently approved restoration plan is for quarry-made excavations to be restored back to agricultural land.
State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China ... After two-year restoration, quarry coverage and species composition were not restored to the degree of natural grassland. As altitude increased, the coverage recovery degree of quarry recovery community continued to …
proposed quarry extension and ecosystem restoration. The focus is on incremental changes in the provision of ecosystem services associated with the extension of the quarry and subsequent restoration, rather than measuring Total Economic Value (TEV). This valuation of ecosystem services is used in a
Our results show that the high conservation potential of limestone quarries could be realized by allowing succession to progress spontaneously with minimal intervention. Given the threat to semi-natural sparsely vegetated habitats in many regions, active restoration measures at post-mining sites should be limited to maintenance of …
Protection of the natural environment and restoration of degraded areas; A.S. Clemente et al. Restoration of a limestone quarry: effect of soil amendments on the establishment of native Mediterranean sclerophyllous shrubs ... The restoration success in the quarry slopes depended on the backfilling materials used for slope reclamation over …
Realising the potential Appropriate and sustainable minerals restoration represents potentially the biggest terrestrial habitat expansion opportunity across large swathes of land in the UK. In England alone there are over 2,000 quarries, covering 64,000 hectares, that have planning requirements to restore them after quarrying has been completed. RSPB …
Applying ecosystem benefit valuation to inform quarry restoration planning - ScienceDirect. Ecosystem Services. Volume 20, August 2016, Pages 44-55. Applying …