Yu Haoxuan, Zahidi Izni, Chow Ming Fai
Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia.
iScience. 2023 Aug 19;26(9):107667. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107667. eCollection 2023 Sep 15.
As global demand for natural resources escalates, the environmental impact stemming from resource extraction has risen to the forefront of contemporary discussions. This paper probed the potential of using vegetation cover as an ecological barometer to gauge the level of environmental damage and restoration in mining areas: a decline in vegetation cover may signify detrimental impacts from intense mining activities, while an increase may indicate effective local environmental stewardship. Therefore, this paper undertook an assessment and discussion of mining damage and environmental management at China's Ta'ershan Mining Area since 2007, calculating and visualizing FVC (Fractional Vegetation Cover) of the Ta'ershan Mining Area to track changes in vegetation cover between 2007 and 2021. Changes in vegetation cover in the Ta'ershan Mining Area could act as a reflection of both mining-induced damage and subsequent successful environmental management by local authorities, providing a practical way to evaluate ecological effects in resource development.
随着全球对自然资源的需求不断升级，资源开采所产生的环境影响已成为当代讨论的焦点。本文探讨了利用植被覆盖度作为生态指标来衡量矿区环境破坏程度和恢复水平的潜力：植被覆盖度下降可能意味着高强度采矿活动产生的有害影响，而植被覆盖度增加则可能表明当地有效的环境管理。因此，本文对中国塔尔山矿区自2007年以来的采矿破坏和环境管理进行了评估与讨论，计算并可视化了塔尔山矿区的植被覆盖度分数（FVC），以追踪2007年至2021年期间植被覆盖度的变化。塔尔山矿区植被覆盖度的变化既可以反映采矿造成的破坏，也可以反映当地政府随后成功的环境管理，为评估资源开发中的生态影响提供了一种切实可行的方法。
