Integrated monitoring as the basis of an information system to support decision-making on the restoration of natural ecosystems disturbed during the development of georesources

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2023-2-106-111
Читать на русскоя языкеS.P. Mesyats, A.A. Petrov
Mining Institute Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №1 / 2023 р. 106-111

Abstract: The permanent increase in monitoring data determines the relevance of integral assessment of the dynamics of ecological restoration by means of geoinformation design. The Mining Institute KSC RAS has justified the methodology and developed a technology to restore natural ecosystems disturbed during the development of georesources, in accordance with the principle of their self-organization. The increase of the energy potential of the system-forming function of biota results in a much faster remediation of natural ecosystems, as compared to self-growing. The information system includes data on: (1) the state of disturbed lands; (2) the resource potential for self-recovery; (3) the surface study of genetic parameters and functional indexes of soils forming due to “rock – biota” system evolution, during the formation of sown cereal phytocenosis without applying a topsoil layer; (4) the geobotanical description of the forest succession stage of sown cereal phytocenosis, characterizing the formation of phytocenosis with the structure of the surrounding natural landscape; (5) the satellite data to study the dynamics of natural ecosystems restoration based on the vegetation index of the forming phytocenosis. Analysis of geobotanical description of the forming phytocenosis and time series of satellite data makes it possible to predict the dynamics of ecological restoration.

Keywords: disturbed lands of the mining industry, ecological restoration, ground-based data, satellite observation data

Acknowledgments: The study was carried out within the framework of the State Contract No. FMEZ-2022-0006 «Development of a methodology for an eco-investment approach to restoration of natural ecosystems disturbed by the development of georesources».

For citation: Mesyats S.P., Petrov A.A. Integrated monitoring as the basis of an information system to support decision-making on the restoration of natural ecosystems disturbed during the development of georesources. Russian Mining Industry. 2023;(2): 106–111. https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2023-2-106-111

Article info

Received: 18.03.2023

Revised: 04.04.2023

Accepted: 07.04.2023

Information about the authors

Svetlana P. Mesyats – Leading Researcher, Head of Laboratory, Mining Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Science; Apatity, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Aleksey A. Petrov – Researcher, Mining Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Science; Apatity, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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