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Vegetation Dynamics in Plantation Sites of Collieries


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1 Department of Farm Forestry, Sarguja University, Ambikapur-497 001 (C.G.), India
 

Mining operation exerts long lasting effects on the ecosystem and environment. The key impact includes deforestation, degeneration and degradation of natural resources, environmental pollution, health risk, ecological and socio-ecological instabilities. The magnitude of impact depends on the methods, scale and mining activity concentration, technological interventions etc. The study was carried out in three plantation sites to evaluate the floristic structure, composition, diversity and litter biomass. In different sites a total of 4 tree species, 5 sapling species, 18 seedling species and 7 shrub species were found. A total of 440 trees ha-1 were encountered in eucalyptus plantation, 480 trees ha-1 in teak plantation and 960 trees ha-1 in mixed plantation. The total density of saplings, seedlings and shrubs ranged from 60-860 saplings ha-1, 2400-8960 seedlings ha-1 and 240-960 shrubs ha-1, respectively, across the sites. The total litter biomass varied from 1.98-4.01 t ha-1, being lowest at teak plantation and highest under eucalyptus plantation. The mining activities resulted in an appreciable damage to natural vegetation and its dynamics. A long term strategy is essential for restoration and conservation of the fragile ecosystem of collieries.

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Collieries, Diversity Indices, Floristic Structure, Plantation.
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Authors

Anup Kumar
Department of Farm Forestry, Sarguja University, Ambikapur-497 001 (C.G.), India
M. K. Jhariya
Department of Farm Forestry, Sarguja University, Ambikapur-497 001 (C.G.), India
D. K. Yadav
Department of Farm Forestry, Sarguja University, Ambikapur-497 001 (C.G.), India

Abstract


Mining operation exerts long lasting effects on the ecosystem and environment. The key impact includes deforestation, degeneration and degradation of natural resources, environmental pollution, health risk, ecological and socio-ecological instabilities. The magnitude of impact depends on the methods, scale and mining activity concentration, technological interventions etc. The study was carried out in three plantation sites to evaluate the floristic structure, composition, diversity and litter biomass. In different sites a total of 4 tree species, 5 sapling species, 18 seedling species and 7 shrub species were found. A total of 440 trees ha-1 were encountered in eucalyptus plantation, 480 trees ha-1 in teak plantation and 960 trees ha-1 in mixed plantation. The total density of saplings, seedlings and shrubs ranged from 60-860 saplings ha-1, 2400-8960 seedlings ha-1 and 240-960 shrubs ha-1, respectively, across the sites. The total litter biomass varied from 1.98-4.01 t ha-1, being lowest at teak plantation and highest under eucalyptus plantation. The mining activities resulted in an appreciable damage to natural vegetation and its dynamics. A long term strategy is essential for restoration and conservation of the fragile ecosystem of collieries.

Keywords


Collieries, Diversity Indices, Floristic Structure, Plantation.

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