CMLR - Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation

Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation

Determining rehabilitation success - Monitoring and determining end-point criteria for rehabilitated land following bauxite mining at Weipa, North Queensland.

In conjunction with Comalco Aluminium Ltd, the CMLR has developed a set of parameters against which the majority of rehabilitation at Weipa can be assessed for stability and future management requirements. The monitoring of sites established over a 10 year period of collaborative research has provided valuable information on a series of criteria including:

species composition, community structure and vegetation health;
resilience of the rehabilitated communities to fire;
reproductive capacity of the rehabilitation; and
soil physical, chemical and microbial activity.

For further information please contact:
Andrew Grigg
a.grigg@uq.edu.au
07 3365 8541

© 2009 The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Authorised by: CMLR
Maintained by: A. Pudmenzky
Last Updated: 19 June 2009