Observation on ecological restoration of abandoned open-pit mines in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Actively exploring the market mechanism and promoting diversified investment is one of the key measures of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Natural Resources to promote the ecological restoration of abandoned open-pit mines in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The Department issued a document supporting the organic combination of ecological restoration of historical abandoned mines and pilot projects for the reclamation and utilization of historical abandoned industrial and mining land, while opening up channels to clarify that eligible ecological restoration of abandoned open-pit mines in the Yangtze River Economic Belt can be included in the pilot project for the reclamation and utilization of industrial and mining abandoned land.

Sichuan Province Guangyuan City Wangcang County Donghe town thousand mu Xianju arbutus industry demonstration base, tasted the social capital investment in mine restoration "sweetness". Most of the land on which the base was built came from the restoration of abandoned mines. The reporter saw that the base arbutus trees were covered with green and dark red fruits, and the air was filled with a light fruit aroma. "At the beginning of this year, there may be more than 1,000 kilograms of fruit, which can sell more than 50,000 yuan." The fruit production is expected to reach tens of thousands of jin next year, and if it is calculated by 40 yuan per jin, the income can reach 400,000 to 500,000 yuan." Donghe town Hongya village branch secretary Gou Tianfu calculated an account.

Hongya Village integrates the funds of various projects such as poverty alleviation cooperation and ecological restoration in the east and west of Zhejiang Province, and plays the geographical advantage of only 10 minutes' drive from the county seat. On the one hand, the existing building space of the brick kiln factory is used to create a comprehensive cultural and creative tourism service of "Impression Kiln Bar" to increase collective income. On the other hand, the mining field was comprehensively treated and more than 20,000 arbutus were planted. Hou Xiuhua was a poor family in the four groups of Hongya village in Donghe Town, she said that before brick kiln burning destroyed the environment, few tourists came, and now people in the village gradually more, "I work in the Yangmei industrial park, plus the circulation of land to seed Yangmei dividends, a year down income of more than 20,000 yuan."

The relevant person in charge of the Sichuan Department of Natural Resources told reporters that at present, the ecological restoration area of abandoned open-pit mines within 10 kilometers along the main tributaries of the Yangtze River in Sichuan has reached 1894.57 hectares. The implementation of the project has greatly increased the vegetation coverage area in the region, improved the local ecological environment and production and living conditions, and promoted the income increase of the people around the project area.

We need both appearance level and efficiency

The construction site is brightly lit and the roar of excavators echoes through the valley. This is a late night in November 2020, the scene of the mine restoration project in Yongshan County, Yunnan Province, beside the Jinsha River. At this time, it is only 40 days before the end of the year to complete the main engineering task requirements of the project. "The Bureau of Natural Resources of Yongshan County stared closely, and if I did not stare at it personally at that time, I could not complete the task!" Recalling the scene at that time, the construction boss of the second bid section is still fresh.

The Jinsha River is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, running from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the red Earth Plateau, and entering the Yangtze River through seven prefectures (cities) of Diqing, Lijiang, Dali, Chuxiong, Kunming, Qujing and Zhaotong. According to the unified deployment of the Ministry of Natural Resources, by the end of 2020, Yunnan needs to complete the main body of 380 abandoned open-cut mine ecological restoration projects along the Yangtze River Economic Belt, with a restored area of 1,450 hectares. The good protection of Yunnan's "one river of green water" and the realization of "looking at the green mountains along the way" will help Yunnan actively serve and integrate into the construction of the "Belt and Road", further optimize the spatial pattern of Yunnan's development, improve production and living conditions along the river, and accelerate the development of ethnic minority areas and poor areas.

The person in charge of the ecological restoration Department of the Department of Natural Resources of Yunnan Province introduced that in order to complete the restoration task on time and with good quality, the Department of Natural Resources of Yunnan Province established a working mechanism, relying on the technical support of the Geological Survey of Yunnan Province, and organized the implementation of the ecological restoration project of mines. At the same time, the project organization and system guarantee have been strengthened, and a provincial work leading group has been set up to study and formulate rules and regulations such as the Reference Catalogue of Technical Standards for ecological restoration in open-pit Mines. All localities will organically combine mine ecological restoration with land circulation and disaster management, and strive to achieve the "appearance level" of clear water and green mountains, while making Jinshan Yinshan "value" greater.