Recovery Project focuses on …
Land rehabilitation and ecological restoration of coal mining-affected areas, aiming to accelerate the recovery of degraded and transformed ecosystems to a good ecosystem status. It will assess the contribution of these ecosystems to human wellbeing by means of the “ecosystem-services” concept, evaluating the consequences of alternative courses of action to ensure their capacity to provide benefits to society is not diminished.
To achieve these goals, the major aim of the project is to increase the impact of rehabilitation and ecological restoration actions on society and environment, demonstrating the opportunities to improve overall public welfare.
Project Aim
RECOVERY Project will develop a framework for land rehabilitation and ecological restoration of coal mining-affected areas, aiming to accelerate the recovery of degraded and transformed ecosystems to a good ecosystem status.
Our Approach
RECOVERY’s approach is premised on the notion that management decisions about land rehabilitation and ecological restoration of coal mining-affected areas involve trade-offs among ecosystem services, and that a quantitative based assessment of these trade-offs is the necessary ingredient for sound decision-making.