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

Abstract

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.