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The South Wales Coalfield has been affected by more than 200 years of industrialdevelopment based on coal mine. Today, surface coal mine affects a 100-km belt in theHeads of the Valley region. Large areas of land are classified as “reclaimed” land after coal mining. However, there is increasing concem about both the quality and the sustainability of this reclaimed land. Large tracts of “reclaimed” land are suffering severe degradation runoff, erosion gullies, waterlogging through most of the year, drought during the short summer period of soil moisture deficit, and the consequent loss of vegetation cover.
The South Wales Coalfield has been affected by more than 200 years of industrial development based on coal mine. Today, surface coal mine affects a 100-km belt in the Heads of the Valley region. Large areas of land are classified as “reclaimed” After coal mining. However, there is increasing concem about both the quality and the sustainability of this reclaimed land. Large tracts of “reclaimed” land are suffering severe degradation runoff, erosion gullies, waterlogging through most of the year, drought during the short summer period of soil moisture deficit, and the consequent loss of vegetation cover.