Evaluation and attribution analysis of vegetation restoration effect of open-pit coal mine dumping sites in arid and semi-arid areas
In view of the ecological restoration of vegetation in different dumping sites within these areas and their driving factors,taking Shengli West No.2 Mine and Shenyan Xiwan Mine as examples,time-series and trend analysis methods were used to comprehensively monitor the spatial and temporal dynamics of vegetation at the dumping sites based on long time-series multi-source data.The ecological restoration effect was evaluated by comparing it with the pre-occupation vegetation,and the impacts of climate change and human activities as the primary driving factors on vegetation changes at the dumping sites were analyzed.Multivariate regression residuals was emploied to quantitatively assess restoration trends and predict future vegetation growth.The findings indicated that normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI)at both dumping sites significantly increased during the ecological restoration period,with a predominantly positive trend.The evaluation of vegetation restoration revealed that the Shenyan Xiwan Mine dumping site achieved substantial restoration,reaching or surpassing pre-occupation levels,while only a small portion of the Shengli West No.2 Mine areas achieved similar levels of restoration.Human activities emerged as the main driving factor for vegetation restoration at both sites,with the Shenyan Xi wan Mine displaying a higher average contribution rate compared to the Shengli West No.2 Mine.The vegetation in the majority of dumping site areas at both mines was projected to continue improving,with Shenyan Xiwan Mine exhibiting a stronger improvement trend than Shengli West No.2 Mine.Experimental results provided reference for the ecological environment restoration of Mine.
dumping sitesopen-pit coal areasecological restorationquantitative remote sensingNDVIarid and semi-arid regions