Condition of rehabilitated coal mines in the Hunter Valley,Australia

Legislation requiring the rehabilitation of new opencast coal mines came into effect in New South Wales, Australia, in 1973. Mining companies now stockpile original topsoil which is later spread with fertilizer over re-shaped overburden and waste carbonaceous material. Problems in successfully revegetating new surfaces are exacerbated by the thinness and infertility of natural soils, which are deficient in phosphorus and moderately acid. Revegetation has not been successful on untreated mine waste and overburden. This study provides a general overview of some aspects of post-rehabilitation soil chemistry and vegetation on these soils. A limited number of samples, collected from three mine sites having different rainfall and varying ages of rehabilitated areas, were tested for pH, EC, organic carbon, total phosphorus and available aluminium. Rehabilitated areas were all characterised by very low levels of total phosphorus, neutral pH, and variable and relatively low organic carbon, and some showed aluminium toxicity. Heavy application of gypsum at one of the steeper sites was associated with acid pH, high EC values, low total P, Al toxicity, some soil erosion and little plant cover. Except for this site, the variable vegetation cover at the sites studied seemed adequate for long-term re-establishment, despite serious weed invasion at some non-studied sites, soil loss on newly re-formed surfaces, and generally poor natural and rehabilitated soils.     

Bioreclamation of sodic waste land—a case study

The study reports a case of bioreclamation of a once barren sodic landscape in the middle part of Gangetic alluvial plain at Banthra Research Station (National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India) (80° 45′ – 53′E and 26° 40′ – 45′N) which began about four decades ago. The investigations were carried out to ascertain the changes in soil characteristics caused by different land‐use systems adopted consistently over three decades. The results showed that the anthropogenic effect on alteration of surface texture through addition of sand in soils of Typic Natrustalfs is still distinct but persistent sodicity is retained. The soils of Inceptic Haplustalfs are markedly improved showing pH value around 8 and ESP > 4 with negligible CaCO₃. The soils of Aeric Endoaquepts supporting stands of forest trees are now devoid of sodicity to about 0\5 m depth, whereas the soils of Aeric Halaquepts though under cultivation have mild sodicity. Soils of Typic Halaquepts occurring on a low physiographic position with aquic soil moisture regime have high sodicity. Summarizing the results of changes in the surface (0 – 15 cm) soil characteristics caused by continuous cultivation irrespective of any crop grown on any soil type reveals that there is perceptible reduction in soil pH and ESP after three decades of reclamation using organic amendments coupled with regular cultivation and afforestation in different locations. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

黑土区县域生态工程建设对农业景观的调控

近年来, 东北典型黑土区的水土流失问题得到了广泛的关注。该文运用景观生态学的空间分析方法,在地理信息系统GIS支持下,以1989年和2002年陆地资源卫星Landsat TM为主要信息源,结合测绘图件、统计数据及野外调查,分析黑土侵蚀区典型县域(拜泉县)生态恢复与重建的景观结构和水土保持效应。研究结果表明：从1989到2002年,研究区耕地面积下降24731.01 hm²,林草地面积增加了13567.53 hm²,林网进一步完善,水库和塘坝数量由88座增加到1490座。全县55%的水蚀面积得到治理,82.2%的风蚀农田得到林网的防护,43.7%的景观地表超渗径流得到集蓄利用,大于1.5°坡耕地泥沙径流拦截面积增加1420.10 hm²。大规模生态建设下,区域景观类型数量和空间配置发生了较大的变化,景观结构的调整对其水土保持功能起到了很好的调控作用。     

地震扰动区生态修复的概念与四拗

分析提出地震扰动区生态修复的概念,就是在重力侵蚀造成的植被破损处打＂补丁＂。进而分析了植被重建的土、水、树木种苗和当地人四要素的基本特性,分别为土碎、水漫、籽拗、羊狠,均具有执拗特质,合称＂四拗＂,是生态修复的难点所在,均具成败与否的决定性作用。     

中国生态区划分与评价和保护建设的研究(Ⅳ)

生态区评价是国际上新近发展起来的一种科学方法和实践。有利解决资源开发利用保护生态环境的矛盾。中国生态区划分以地面景观为标准，并建立二级分类系统，区一亚区，同时充分利用政府行为。将全国共划分为10个一级生态区；天然林保护生态区、自然保护区生态区、水土保持生态区、防护林生态区、荒漠生态区、湿地生态区、林业生态区、草原生态区、农业生态区、青藏高原高寒生态区。     

Carbon and nutrient stocks in the litter layer of agroforestry systems in central Amazonia,Brazil

Both second-growth and agroforestry systems (AFs) have the potential for recovering thousands of abandoned pasturelands in Amazon. The AFs may do it faster and, at the same time, produce direct economic benefits for farmers. Improved nutrient recycling may be expected due to distinctive litter production in AFs, but lacks experimental data yet. The stocks of carbon and nutrients of the litter layer under different agroforestry systems (AFs) were investigated at an abandoned pasture site, 60 km north of Manaus. The experimental design consisted of three blocks, with five treatments: four different types of 5-year-old AFs and a secondary forest (CAP). Litter layer was sampled in the wet and dry seasons, sorted according to the predominant plant species and analysed for carbon and nutrient concentrations. The litter layer in the control plots was much larger than in the AFs, and thus, the carbon stocks in the litter layer of the control (wet = 489 g m²; dry = 783 g m²) were larger than in the AFs. However, due to a clearly higher concentration of nutrients in the litter from the AFs, some nutrient stocks were similar or even greater than in the control. The planted timber species and the green manures were important sources of K and Ca to the litter layer while the peach-palm was an important source of Mg. In general, the litter of AFs had lower C:nutrient ratios than the litter in the secondary forest control, indicating a faster nutrient recycling in the AFs.     

退耕还林工程对关岭县资源利用结构的影响

对贵州省关岭县案例点进行实地调查研究,对工程区土地利用结构和农业产业结构变化进行退耕前后的比较分析,结论是工程区的资源利用结构发生了显著变化,土地利用结构和农业产业结构得到了有效调整,生态环境局部得到改善。