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[โ€“] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 124 points 3 months ago (31 children)

We make logging companies "replant forests" (yes it's not at all the same as the old growth but it's something). Why do we let mining companies completely rape the land and replace nothing? It doesn't even look like they backfill with the unused debris, much less restore topsoil or plant anything.

[โ€“] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Check out what they did/are doing with the Eden Project and it's successors.

https://www.edenproject.com/mission/origins

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