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Land Reclamation and the Botanical Significance of Some Former Mining and Manufacturing Sites in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Michael S. Johnson
Michael S. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Liverpool, P.O.Box 147, Liverpool, England.
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Whilst major new industrial development sometimes poses a threat to scenic values and ecologically important habitats, it is also evident that industry has contributed significantly to the present-day biological resources of the British Isles. In particular, several former mineral-extraction sites have been maintained and developed specifically for the security and management of wildlife, and now constitute important habitats for the protection and survival of less-common members of the British flora. Several locations have even been successfully defended on biological grounds against proposals to reutilize them for disposing of industrial wastes and domestic refuse.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1978 , pp. 223 - 228
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1978

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