Environmental impact of the mining activity and revitalization of degraded space

Abstract

This paper analyzes various aspects of environmental impact of the mineral resources’ exploitation in the mining basins, which can be listed as agricultural (and forest) land intake, relocation of the settlements, water course rearrangement, repositioning of roads and other infrastructure systems, decrease in level of ground water, etc. The paper points to the possible application of new technologies in mineral resources exploitation as well as to certain economic (external) effects. A special attention in this paper is made to the issues of technical and biological recultivation of damaged soil.

Rad obrađuje različite aspekte uticaja eksploatacije mineralnih sirovina u rudarskim basenima na okruženje, kao što su: zauzimanje poljoprivrednog (i šumskog) zemljišta, izmeštaje naselja, vodotokova, saobraćajnica i drugih infrastrukturnih sistema, snižavanje nivoa podzemnih voda i dr. Rad ukazuje na moguću primenu novih tehnologija u eksploataciji mineralnih sirovina kao i na određene ekonomske (eksterne) efekte. Rad se posebno bavi pitanjima tehničke i biološke rekultivacije oštećenog zemljišta.