Assessment of agricultural land loss due to mining in Moscow region

Ksenia Naumova,Nikolai Buldovich,Е В Станис ,Elena Latushkina

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202126503013

Abstract

The study discusses the impact of open cuts for the extraction of common minerals on soil resources and agricultural lands in Moscow region (MR). For this, the features of soil cover in Moscow region and the distribution of soil types by their use as agricultural resources were analyzed. Further, it was determined which types of soils are subject to varying degrees of open cut load. As a result, a schematic map of the soil cover with open cut load zones was made. It is shown which agricultural lands exposed to open cuts of varying intensity. A conclusion is made about the types of soil cover, which accounts for the greatest and least open cut load, as well as the degree of impact of open cuts on agricultural land resources and the correlation between the degree of open cut load and type of agricultural land use. It is shown that the most fertile soils, which occupy only 2.9% of the MR area, are not affected by the open cut load at all. The greatest open cut load is associated with agricultural lands, represented mainly by various sod-podzolic soils, which occupy 70.5% of the territory of the Moscow region. If economic trends and population growth rates in the Moscow region continue until 2030, we should expect a further increase in the influence of open cut load on agricultural land towards its intensification.

Highlights

The aim of the study is to identify the effects of open cut mining development on land resources, primarily on agricultural land in the Moscow region (MR) which is the most developed economic region with a high demographic load
There is an interdependence of the open cut mining development with the economic progress and population growth
The largest number of open cuts in Moscow Region are developing commonly occurring mineral resources, which are an important component of Moscow Region resource potential

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Introduction

The aim of the study is to identify the effects of open cut mining development on land resources, primarily on agricultural land in the Moscow region (MR) which is the most developed economic region with a high demographic load. Since economic progress and increase in population leads to the need of extraction of minerals, first of all commonly occurring mineral resources, with open cut mining. The largest number of open cuts in Moscow Region are developing commonly occurring mineral resources, which are an important component of Moscow Region resource potential. In the old-developed regions, to which the MR belongs, there is an uncontrolled depletion of minerals, the irrational extraction of which leads to a negative impact on the environment, and on the living conditions and population health in areas of intensive open cut mining. In the old-developed regions, to which the MR belongs, there is an uncontrolled depletion of minerals, the irrational extraction of which leads to a negative impact on the environment, and on the living conditions and population health in areas of intensive open cut mining. [1]

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