Ecological methods and indicators for recovering and monitoring ecosystems after mining: A global literature review

Mining contributes significantly to the world's economy. However, it brings strong environmental impacts, including the destruction of the original vegetation. In this way, the recovery of degraded areas by mining has been a mandatory procedure in many countries. With the objective to review this subject, a bibliometric analysis was carried out using scientific articles published in the period 1990–2018. A total of 700 articles in 171 journals...