Mining in New Caledonia: environmental stakes and restoration opportunities

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5592-5607

  Losfeld, Guillaume ^a   L’Huillier, Laurent ^b   Fogliani, Bruno ^b   Jaffré, Tanguy ^c   Grison, Claude ^a  

^a UMR 5021 CNRS University of Montpellier   (France)

^b Institut Agronomique neo Caledonien   (New Caledonia)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecocatalysis; Ecological restoration; Manganese; Nickel; Phytoextraction

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; MINING; NEW CALEDONIA; PLANT; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; NEW CALEDONIA; PLANTS;

EID: 84939887054     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3358-x     Document Type: Article

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