Impact assessment and development of strategies for restoring reptile and amphibian biodiversity in mining-disturbed environments

影响评估和制定恢复受采矿干扰的环境中爬行动物和两栖动物生物多样性的战略

• 批准号: 451384-2013
• 负责人: Litzgus, Jacqueline
• 金额: $ 1.05万
• 依托单位: Laurentian University of Sudbury
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=554701
• 关键词: Impact; assessment; development; strategies; restoring

Sudbury, Ontario has the dubious distinction of being historically known for its "lunar landscape" resulting from mining operations. Today, Sudbury is a different place, a green place. Through extensive collaborations among the mining industry (Vale, Xstrata), the city, and the local community, world-renowned re-greening and habitat restoration efforts have recovered many ecosystem functions in the Sudbury area; however, there is still much to be done. Although soils, wetland acidity, and vegetation have recovered dramatically, habitat quality for animal wildlife remains impoverished, and much of the area does not support diverse animal communities. Restoration of habitats for animal wildlife has been hindered by a paucity of ecological and population information for most species, especially reptiles and amphibians which are integral constituents of food webs and important bio-indicators of ecosystem health. Our project will fill knowledge gaps in this regard and supplements the city of Sudbury's Biodiversity Action Plan by refining strategies to facilitate the recovery of reptiles and amphibians in rehabilitated sites. In addition to the recommendations developed during our project, we will also provide basic, but much-needed species inventory data on Vale's property, as well as tools to monitor ecological recovery in the Sudbury area that can be applied in other mining-impacted locations. Thus, our project will directly assist Vale's ongoing biodiversity recovery actions, as well as their effort to assess and monitor ecological impacts and recovery of mining-impacted sites.

安大略省的萨德伯里有一个令人怀疑的区别，那就是它历史上因采矿作业而闻名的“月球景观”。今天，萨德伯里是一个不同的地方，一个绿色的地方。通过采矿业(淡水河谷、斯特拉塔)、该市和当地社区的广泛合作，世界知名的重新绿化和栖息地恢复工作已经恢复了萨德伯里地区的许多生态系统功能；然而，仍有许多工作要做。尽管土壤、湿地酸度和植被已经显著恢复，但野生动物的栖息地质量仍然很差，该地区的大部分地区不支持多样化的动物群落。由于缺乏大多数物种的生态和种群信息，野生动物栖息地的恢复受到阻碍，特别是爬行动物和两栖动物，它们是食物网的组成部分和生态系统健康的重要生物指标。我们的项目将填补这方面的知识空白，并通过完善战略来补充萨德伯里市的生物多样性行动计划，以促进在修复地点恢复爬行动物和两栖动物。除了我们在项目期间提出的建议外，我们还将提供关于淡水河谷财产的基本但急需的物种清单数据，以及监测萨德伯里地区生态恢复的工具，这些工具可以应用于其他受采矿影响的地点。因此，我们的项目将直接帮助淡水河谷正在进行的生物多样性恢复行动，以及他们评估和监测生态影响和受采矿影响地点恢复的努力。