Restoration Ecology of Disturbed Localities II. Localities Disturbed

Prach K. a kol.

Due to Raw Material Extraction
The article deals mainly with the restoration of ecosystems situated in spoil heaps from coal mining, in quarries, disused gravel-sand pits and extracted peatland. A small-scale excavation can enrich the landscape if it does not cause damage to a rare locality. Even greater excavations and dumps do not necessarily have a negative effect on the environment. Such localities can be used for conservation of numerous plant and animal species disappearing from the surrounding intensively utilized landscape. Nevertheless, such localities need to be left to spontaneous succession or managed only to a small degree, without technical reclamation.

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