Large mining regions are connected with complex environmental problems such as groundwater loss or rising,acidification and iron accumulation in water bodies,landslide risk and others.These regions have often limited capacities to solve the problems alone,but they do have capabilities that should be identified and awakened.Three stages of mining conversion should be differentiated: First,when mining is still running; second,the following phase of rehabilitation and; third,the new era of sustainable development.The paper gives some hints to the sustainable development reflecting the experiences from several types of post-mining landscape in eastern Germany.The presented key methods are a framework for participative scenarios to figure out appreciated future development strategies and the assessment of ecosystem services as indicators for sustainability.
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