Post-mining rehabilitation of dunes on the north-east coast of South Africa

This article examines a claim by environmentalists that miners revegetate but do not restore natural communities on coastal dunes subject to opencast mining. A test of the claim was conducted under a paradigm of ecological succession. It was supposed that restoring the natural communities required r...

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Published inSouth African journal of science Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 69 - 74
Main Author Mentis, M.T.&Ellery, W.N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Academy of Science for South Africa (ASSAf) 1994
Subjects
Coastal dunes
Ecological processes
Post-mining rehabilitation
Predominantly native vegetation
Revegetate
Richards Bay
Species richness
St. Lucia Estuary
Succession
South Africa
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Summary:This article examines a claim by environmentalists that miners revegetate but do not restore natural communities on coastal dunes subject to opencast mining. A test of the claim was conducted under a paradigm of ecological succession. It was supposed that restoring the natural communities required reinstatement of community process, and succession in particular. Thirty sample plots were 10Caled on unmined areas, and 37 on mined areas. It was concluded that succession was occurring on the mined land, and this succession did not differ materially from that on unmined areas.
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ISSN:0038-2353
1996-7489