APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL METHODS OF VERMICULTIVATION FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF MINING SITES

The issue of land recultivation after the development of mineral deposits is topical.
Technozems (technogenically transformed land) formed in the process of recultivation are
significantly different from zonal soils by the level of fertility, physical, physicochemical,
agrochemical and other ecologically important indicators. Soil-zoological studies indicate depletion
of the species composition of soil invertebrates in the areas of recultivation, which does not allow
effective functioning of the transformed ecosystems. An important aspect is the restoration of
natural ecosystems on the territory of mining regions. Very important scientific and practical aim is
the study of the possibilities of using biotechnological methods of vermicultivation in areas of
biological recultivation by disturbances in the mining industry of lands.