Professional paper
The Role of Environmental Impact Assessment in Rehabilitation and Conversion of Exploitation Fields
Aleksandra Anić Vučinić
; Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Zagreb, Varaždin, Croatia
Lana Krišto
; AAVA Consulting, ltd., Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivana Melnjak
; Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Zagreb, Varaždin, Croatia
Lucija Radetić
; Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Zagreb, Varaždin, Croatia
Abstract
According to existing regulations for the exploitation of mineral resources, it is necessary to carry out environmental impact assessment. When opening the exploitation field, the project documentation must, in accordance with the regulations in force, also contain the method of recovery for the closed exploitation field.However, the practice so far shows that recovery of the exploitation fields approaches exclusively from the technical point of view which implies mining works for the implementation of protection measures of the excavated areas and exclude the possibility of endangerment of people, property, nature and the environment. It often happens that the abandoned exploitation fields are not recovered and rehabilitation of the exploited field is not considered as part of the technical recovery. From the point of view of environmental protection, the exploitation of mineral resources has far the greatest negative impact, both on landscape and biodiversity, mostly due to the devastated space that remains after the exploitation field is closed.This paper will show the possibilities of rehabilitation and conversion of the abandoned exploitation fields and the obstacles encountered in the preparation of project documentation, including the environmental impact assessment procedure on several examples.
Keywords
exploitation fields; rehabilition and conversion; devastation; recovery
Hrčak ID:
192591
URI
Publication date:
18.12.2017.
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