Post-mining land uses

Mine rehabilitation is the return of disturbed land to a safe, stable, non-polluting condition that supports a post-mining land use (PMLU). In Queensland, the most commonly proposed rehabilitation PMLUs are grazing and native ecosystem. However, there are a range of other PMLUs, as well as post-rehabilitation opportunities for future landholders, that could be explored to maximise social, economic and environmental outcomes from rehabilitation in Queensland.

Publications

• Development of best practice advice to support the transition to post-mining land uses in Queensland, September 2022 (PDF, 275.9KB)
  This research brief introduces the work we plan to undertake and stakeholder advice on post-mining land uses.

Native Ecosystems

Publications

• Evaluating Options for Native Ecosystem Mine Site Rehabilitation (PDF, 1,014.0KB) . This technical paper outlines a framework that supports mine rehabilitation planning in Queensland where the desired post-mining land use is a native ecosystem.
• Stakeholder Survey Report – Options for Native Ecosystem Mine Site Rehabilitation (PDF, 1.4MB) . This report summarises findings from our stakeholder survey to understand current perspectives on native ecosystem rehabilitation.

Conference paper

• Exploring biophysical limitations and post-mining native ecosystem rehabilitation outcomes in Queensland (PDF, 180.4KB) . This pdf is the conference paper presented at the ACG Mine Closure conference in October 2022. The paper can also be accessed via Australian Centre for Geomechanics | Conference Paper: Exploring biophysical limitations and post-mining native ecosystem rehabilitation outcomes in Queensland (uwa.edu.au)