Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land
In line with the UN sustainable development goals, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land is an expert guide to ecological restoration of post-industrial lands, explaining how to reintroduce biodiversity and ecosystem services by implementing natural processes in the rehabilitation of disturbed sites. It covers both the initial stages associated with the improvement of physicochemical and biological substrate characteristics as a precondition for continuous vegetation, as well as the subsequent re-establishment of rich communities of plant species and how these communities may be optimized for their biodiversity and ecosystem services such as pedogenesis, nutrient cycling, habitation for other organisms, food plants for herbivores, carbon sequestration, and aesthetic value.
Case studies of successful restoration of industrial sites from Asia, Africa, North and South America, and Europe, which include coal and mineral mining sites, oil drilling sites, and dumpsites, complement the conceptual part of the text and demonstrate how to put the theory into practice.
Written by an experienced researcher in the field, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land includes information on:
- Mining sustainability in arid zones, aromatic plants for phytoremediation, and spontaneous flora growth on metalliferous sites
- Resilience of plant diversity, ecosystem services from rehabilitated waste dumpsites, and plantation forestry for eco-restoration
- Soil biodiversity and plant-microbe interactions, afforestation of former asbestos mines, and bauxite mine restoration and management
- Role of the local government in re-use of sites, restoration of wetlands in oil and gas exploration areas, and carbon sequestration in revegetated coal mine soil
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land is an essential guide for environmental managers, scientists, ecologists, and engineers tasked with restoring post-industrial sites, managers in mining, oil, gas, and other heavy industries, and NGOs involved in sustainable land use.
List of Contributors xv
About the Editor xxi
Foreword xxiii
Preface xxv
Acknowledgments xxvii
1 Mining Sustainability: A Reality in Arid Zones / Elizabeth J. Lam, Italo L. Montofre, and Fernando A. Alvarez 1
2 Restoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land: Challenges and Opportunities / Sameer Shekhar, Shubham Abhishek, Bhanu Pandey, and Siddharth Singh 25
3 Spontaneous Flora on Post-industrial Metalliferous Sites / Ksenija Jakovljevic, Tomica Misljenovic, and Dragana Randelovic 53
4 Restoration Ecosystem Toward Spontaneous Succession on Reclaimed Mining Sites / Marcin Pietrzykowski, Bartlomiej Wos, Justyna Likus-Cieslik, Marek Pajak, Edyta Sierka, and Barbara Stalmachova 97
5 Plant Diversity on Post-Industrial Land: Resilience and Restoration / Shivali Sharma, Jonnada Likhita, Sunny Sharma, Gaurav Sharma, Amit Kumar, Rupesh Kumar, and Vimal Chandra Pandey 119
6 Plantation Forestry for Ecorestoration: A Working Premises / Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Abhishek Raj, Arnab Banerjee, Surendra Singh Bargali, and Kiran Bargali 171
7 Soil Biodiversity and Plant-Microbes Interactions on Post-Industrial Land / Aneta Kowalska and Anna Grobelak 189
8 Afforestation of Former Asbestos Mines in Quebec, Canada: An Efficient Nature-Based Climate Solution that also Leads to Gains in Biodiversity / Nicolas Belanger, Laurence Grimond, Rim Khlifa, Simon Bilodeau-Gauthier, and David Rivest 199
9 Bauxite Mine Restoration and Management / Shailesh Kumar Yadav, Arnab Banerjee, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Abhishek Raj, Surendra Singh Bargali, and Vimal Chandra Pandey 241
10 Role of the Local Government in Re-Use of Post-Industrial Sites in Poland / Katarzyna Sadowy 263
11 Restoration of Ecosystem Services of Endangered Wetlands in Post Oil and Gas Exploration Era in the Niger Delta, Nigeria / Aroloye O. Numbere, Victoria C. Obinna, Eberechukwu M. Maduike, and Austin E. Abah 285
12 Carbon Sequestration in Revegetated Coal Mine Soil: A Chronosequence Study in the Gevra Opencast Project, Chhattisgarh, India / Preeti Singh, Amlan Kumar Ghosh, Ebhin Masto, Santosh Kumar, and Chandini Pradhan 307
13 Ecosystem Services from Rehabilitated Waste Dumpsites / ML Dotaniya, CK Dotaniya, Kuldeep Kumar, RK Yadav, RK Doutaniya, HM Meena, DK Yadav, Saurabh Shukla, AO Shirale, and Manju Lata 329
14 Harnessing Aromatic Plants for Phytoremediation: A Scented Solution for Ecology and Economy / Vimal Chandra Pandey, Valeria Ancona, D. D. Tewari, and Sanat Kumar Dwibedi 357
Index 381
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.
| Pm Supplier | Wiley & Sons Ltd |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 1394187386 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9781394187386 |
| Pm Publication Date | 2024-11-28 |
| Pm Width | 176 |
| Pm Height | 26 |
| Pm Author | Pandey,Vimal Chandra |
| Pm Longness | 250 |
- Author: Pandey,Vimal Chandra
- Page Count: 416
- Publication Date: 2024-11-28
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land
- Author: Pandey,Vimal Chandra
- Page Count: 416
- Publication Date: 2024-11-28
