landscape after mining

The process of mining disfigures the surface of the land, and in the absence of reclamation leads to permanent scars. The process spoils the vital topsoil, disrupts drainage patterns, destroys the productive capacity of agricultural and forest land and impairs their aesthetic and social value. (Source: WPRa)



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Visual Resource Management Africa 2009. Bannerman Uranium Mine, Final Visual Impact Assessment.
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Ferreira-Baptista L, Manuel J, Francisco Aguiar P, João Pereira M 2018. Impact of mining on the environment and water resources in northeastern Angola. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa - assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions 155-159
Mendelsohn JM 2019. Chapter 8: Landscape Changes in Angola. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 123-137
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Haimbili EN, Shiponeni N, Carrick PJ 2016. Testing the suitability of mined soils for native species establishment at Navachab Gold Mine, Namibia. Academic Journal of Science 06 (01) 319–344