JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2015, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (06): 112-118.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2006.2015.06.020

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Economic losses assessment for ecological destruction and environmental pollution in large-scale opencast mine

LI Haidong1, SHEN Weishou1, JIA Ming2, ZHANG Tao3   

  1. 1.Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing 210042, China;
    2. Shitai Mining Company, Huaibei Mining Group, Huaibei 235000, China;
    3.Ningbo Hydranlic Waterpower Planning and Designing Research Institution, Ningbo 315192, China
  • Online:2015-11-30 Published:2015-11-30

Abstract: Quantitative assessment of eco-environmental losses caused by mineral resource development is an important foundation for the formulation of environment protection policy. However, there isn't a workable approach to evaluate the losses of mine eco-environmental damage, yet. This paper established a framework for the losses assessment of ecological destruction and environmental pollution of opencast mine from six aspects, i.e., protective cost, agricultural and forestry production losses caused by ecological destruction, loss of ecosystem services caused by ecological destruction, crop production loss caused by environmental pollution, human health loss caused by environmental pollution, and restoration and governance cost. Then, by using Sandaozhuang opencast mine as an example, the economic losses of ecological destruction and environmental pollution of Sandaozhuang mine was assessed during the period of 2005-2009, based on the indicators system, variations of land use and ecological destruction data, environment pollution data collected by field survey and document analysis. The results showed that the total losses of Sandaozhaung opencast molybdenum ore mine was 107.161 million yuan during the past four years. These results could be made as an important reference for the economic losses assessment of ecological destruction and environmental pollution of mine. They would provide a guideline to strengthen mine environmental management in China, too.

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