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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on Post-Industrial Land

by Vimal Chandra Pandey
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781394187386
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Wiley
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 416
  • Original Price: USD 207.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 300 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Environmental Science and Natural Resources

Guide to post-industrial site restoration and re-establishment of rich communities of plant species for the provision of key ecosystem services

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 re-introduce 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.

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.

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