Restoration of Forest and Associated Ecosystem Services of Backfilled Open Cast Coal Mines at Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

Sudipto Chatterjee, Manab Das, Charu Bhanot

Abstract


Backfilled open cast coal mines are subjected to reclamation and restoration as per the mining and mine closure policies of India. The present paper discusses a case study on restoration of 15 acres land of backfilled open cast mine in the Bharat Coking Company Limited (BCCL) located at Barora, Dhanbad district, India. Through this study an attempt has been made to quantify return of ecosystem services in terms of growth rate and survival rate of native species planted, nutrient replenishment, biodiversity conservation with insect diversity as an indicator. The paper briefs the stepwise methodology used for ecological restoration and results on early success indicators of successful reclamation.


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