Hoof, Mouth, and Manure Livestock and Mine Land Rehabilitation

摘要

Communities and local, state and federal government agencies are becoming increasingly serious about long-term sustainability of natural, human and economic resources, including those associated with mine sites. Because of this, and because environmetnal and social responsibility is important to mining firms, many are beginning to look for approaches to rehabilitation of disturbed land (e.g., large-scale tailings impoundments, waste rock disposal sites, facility areas) and surrounding areas that result in sites that are "naturally self=sustaining." To produce such resutls, firms will increasingly look to both new tools and technologies, and to the management process they use and pass on the entities who may own or manage the land in its post-mining state. Holistic Management offers a methodology for planning and achieving long-term sustainability. This paper and presentation offer insights into the process and its value to the minign industry.