We invite you to listen to Dr. Mateusz Rawlik’s lecture entitled “Post-mining sites: from devastation to natural wealth”.
Open-pit mining of raw materials is associated with extensive changes to the natural environment. Forest reclamation is reduced to the introduction of tree seedlings, but the colonization of these afforestations by forest species is carried out through natural processes. The key feature that determines species richness and the circulation of matter in afforestations created by reclamation is the ability of trees to symbiotically bind atmospheric nitrogen. The vegetation of forests in post-mining areas resembles forestless areas. As time passes, these forests will become more similar to natural forests.
