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Surface mining completely destroyed the delicate plant–microbes–soil link during its operation. Unlike other use, mining uses the land very temporarily, and at the end of project or even during the project, the ecosystem is regenerated on degraded land by afforestation only or left to the nature as it is. The question arises now, what is the capacity of these lands to regenerate the ecosystem? As per the laws of succession, the new ecological link will be established itself by nature. However, the natural process is slow; thus, artificial intervention is required; for example, planting is done to enhance the speedy recovery of ecosystem.
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Maiti, S.K. (2013). Ecology and Ecosystem in Mine-Degraded Land. In: Ecorestoration of the coalmine degraded lands. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0851-8_2
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