Bauxite mining restoration by Alcoa World Alumina Australia in Western Australia: Social, political, historical, and environmental contexts

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Gardner, John H ^a   Bell, David T ^b  

^a ALCOA INC   (United States)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauxite mining restoration; Completion criteria; Environmental constraints; Governmental regulations; Jarrah forest; Rehabilitation; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MINING; ORE MINERAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI;

EID: 37349019467     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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