Recovery of Tundra Ecosystem after Closure of the Valkumei Mine in Chukotka
G. V. KALABIN1, V. I. GORNYI2, T. A. DAVIDAN2, S. G. KRITSUK2, A. A. TRONIN2
1IPKON, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 111020 Russia
2Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, 197110 Russia
Keywords: спутниковый мониторинг, растительность тундры, экосистема, вегетационный индекс, криолитозона, горнодобывающее предприятие, satellite monitoring, tundra vegetation, ecosystem, vegetation index, permafrost zone, mines
Subsection: MINING ECOLOGY
Abstract
Applicability of local and regional scale satellite images in evaluation of vegetation in tundra in the zones of mining in permafrost area is proved. The research findings on the environmental impact of the Valkumei Mine, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, after its closure are described and analyzed.
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