Abstract
Mining activities affect the environment, while proper reclamation and management of areas transformed by these activities can bring about new, and often much better changes in the landscape. This paper presents the project of the reclamation of the limestone mine “Górażdże” and attempts to extend the directions of reclamation of degraded areas left after extracting activities. The aim of this extension is to present reclamation, which can be an environmentally friendly proposal and therefore positively received by the local community. It was proposed to successively enrich the forest and aquatic reclamation directions by adding a natural one. The selection of optimal solutions was based on rational and the most appropriate criteria, such as taking into account, first of all, the existing natural properties in the area of the quarry under analysis and also the possibility of their future protection. On the other hand, due to the social and economic aspects supported by the natural potential, it was proposed to introduce a recreational and tourist direction, which will not interfere with the current forestry and proposed natural development direction. Finally, after the cessation of mining activity in the mining area, it is suggested to create a geopark and to activate geotourism. The proposed solution may significantly affect the social and economic development, while at the same time maintain the valuable natural environment.
Highlights
The human economy exploits natural space using natural resources
One of the elements of such activities is the emergence of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
The reclamation works on the area of this mine began in and their final completion is planned in slopes [32]
Summary
The human economy exploits natural space using natural resources. Mineral resources are one of the components of natural capital that determines the social and economic development of the local and regional economy. Sci. 2019, 9, 5512 both replacing raw materials with alternative substitutes and of relocating a given deposit This is why, as a rule, society is strongly opposed to the emergence of economic activity (mining) in its immediate vicinity, seeing threats related to environmental degradation, lower life quality or the lower value of properties. As practical examples show, areas after exploitation of rock resources can bring new and very important natural, landscape, economic and recreational values to the environment if they are properly treated at the stage of the spatial planning and decision-making process in the management of regional and local environmental resources. There are legal restrictions and different opinions of social groups, which directly or indirectly influence the decision concerning the future utility function to be performed by the post-mining area Such an area must perform the functions specified in the local spatial development plan of a given community. It was proposed to extend the existing reclamation objectives in order to show the values of the area of the analyzed mine and to show that properly designed reclamation may be environmentally and community friendly
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