REECOL partners involved in WP4, WP5 and WP6 met online

Today, project partners met online to dissuss the project progress. They focused on three work packages:
– WP 4 – Development of new solutions for post mining land reclamation and their testing in case study areas
– WP 5 – Short and long term monitoring of ecosystem rehabilitation
– WP 6 – Developing an audit catalogue to evaluate and certify ecological rehabilitation industry best practice of post-mining areas.

TUC and PPC work online on WP6

The REECOL partners from Greece – TUC and PPC met online on 05.12.2024 to work together on the project work package WP6 related to the development of an audit catalogue to evaluate and certify the ecological rehabilitation in postmining areas, taking into account industry best practices. More specifically, the main parts of the audit catalogue were defined and the rating system for the items of the catalogue was proposed. The subjects regarding the accompanying dashboard – visualization tool (Task 6.2) and the guidebook for the application of the audit catalogue (Task 6.3) were also preliminary discussed.

REECOL ideas shared during IV Climate and Biodiversity Conference

REECOL project was presented during the IV Climate and Biodiversity Conference, carried out within the Innovative Green Economy series. It was held at GIG on October 25, 2024, under the auspices of the Regional Observatory of the Transformation Process (https://obserwatorium.gig.eu/).

In the presentation entitled ‘Reclamation of Post-Mining Areas in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Protection in Urbanized Areas,’, particular focus was given to the project task 3.3 “Climate change influence on post-mining rehabilitation schemes” coordinated by GIG.

The conference agenda: https://obserwatorium.gig.eu/…/Agenda_IV-Konferencja-1.pdf

REECOL progress meeting in Chania, Greece

On 25-27.09.2024 REECOL partners met in Chania, Greece to carry out a two-day meeting regarding the project progress. There were also partners attending online. TUC (School of Mineral Resources Engineering) was the host of the meeting.
In addition to presentations followed by disscussions, teams involved within particular work packages carried out further disscussions and made necessary decissions and arrangements. On the third day, visit in local Chordaki quarry and archeological museum took place.

WP5 team met online to disccuss soil sampling plans and progress

REECOL team involved in WP 5: “Short and long term monitoring of ecosystem rehabilitation” continues work on collecting of soil samples. They met online to plan soil sampling campaign in Greece on the Ptolemais mining site at the end of September 2024, and discuss progress in soil sampling carried out in sites in Poland and France.
BRGM was the organizer and the following partners participated: PPC, TUC, Ineris, Valorhiz, GIG and PV.

REECOL present on SDIMI 2024 conference

REECOL research results were shared on the 11th international conference on sustainable development in the minerals industry SDIMI 2024. During ‘Mine Closure’ session, PPC and TUC gave a presentation of their paper entitled: “Certification and ecological reclamation of mined areas: evolving standards and practices for sustainable mining”.
SDIMI 2024 was held on 9-11 JULY 2024, in Torino, Italy (https:/sdimi2024.org/)

WP5 team met online

BRGM organized another online meeting with partners involved in WP 5: Short and long term monitoring of ecosystem rehabilitation. A deliverable to be elaborated and soil sampling campaign to be carried out in Greece in September this year were discussed. The following partners participated: Poltegor-Instytut, Ineris, Valorhiz, TUC, GIG, Premogovnik Velenje, and PPC.