Rebuilding Sustainable and Functional Biodiversity following Coal Mining

煤炭开采后重建可持续和功能性生物多样性。露天矿是澳大利亚的一个重要的土地用途，并产生可观的国内生产总值。采矿前的管理不善导致大量表土流失，对可持续养分循环至关重要的微生物减少到可持续森林的10%。为了解决这个问题，我们正在开发一种康复模式，使用欧文山露天煤矿，通过上猎人森林。该项目将探索利用微生物来源的氮的方法，这些氮对原生森林的可持续供应至关重要。我们的目标是在矿区土壤中重建这些微生物，并确定它们对森林群落发展的影响。

Rebuilding Sustainable and Functional Biodiversity following Coal Mining. Open-cut mines are a significant land-use in Australia and generate considerable GDP. Poor management prior to mining has caused much topsoil to be lost and microbes vital to sustainable nutrient cycling reduced to <10% that of a sustainable forest. To address this problem we are developing a rehabilitation model using Mount Owen open-cut coal mine which passes through a Upper Hunter forest. This project will discover ways of utilizing microbe-derived nitrogen vital to a sustainable supply for native forests. Our aim is to reestablish these microbes in mine soils and determine their impact on forest community development.