Diaz, A, Green, I, Smith, B & Carrington, I 2006, 'Ecological Drivers in Mine Site Rehabilitation', in AB Fourie & M Tibbett (eds), Mine Closure 2006: Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Mine Closure, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 51-60, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/605_Diaz
(https://papers.acg.uwa.edu.au/p/605_Diaz/)
Abstract: REHABILITATION   
 
The creation of sustainable ecosystems on land that has been used for other purposes is an increasingly 
important facet of global biodiversity conservation. Mine sites offer particular opportunities and challenges 
for ecological restoration. Opportunities such as the ability to make large scale adjustments to edaphic and 
topographical factors are combined with challenges such as obtaining appropriate sources for any species re-
introductions and rehabilitating several trophic layers. In this paper we explore a range of potential drivers 
involved in successful ecological rehabilitation on mine sites and review the results from experimental 
studies investigating the importance of these drivers.