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Lizard leads mine site

restoration effectiveness

urtin University scientists attached a porting use by the perentie, these restored
Ctracking device to the back of a per- landscapes appeared to lack key resourc-
entie, Australia’s largest goanna species, es such as refuges, a critical resource for A perenite, Australia’s largest goanna
in order to assess the native animal’s re- reptiles which rely on their environment to species, played a key role in research
sponse to and use of a restored former regulate their body temperature. analysing how it moved through habitats
mine site in the Mid West of Western Aus- Lead author, PhD candidate Sophie and behaved in its home environment
tralia. Cross, from the ARC Centre for Mine Site PHOTO CREDIT: Sophie Cross
The study, published in the Australian Restoration (CMSR) in Curtin’s School of
Journal of Zoology, successfully applied Molecular and Life Sciences, said under- derpinning the responses of animals to
the Time-Local Convex Hull method to an- standing how animals respond to habitat habitat change, increasing conservation
alyse how the animal moved through habi- change and restoration was key to facilitat- outcomes of restoration projects from a
tats and behaved in its home environment. ing their conservation into the future. range of degrading processes, such as
Using this method, the study found that “Our research found that the Time- mining, agriculture and forestry,” Cross
although restoration of degraded land- Local Convex Hull method will aid in un- said.
scapes following mining activities was sup- derstanding the complex processes un-

InDeX

Advantage 78 Core Gold 79 Leigh Creek 69 Rio Tinto 5, 18-19, 25, 27, 29,
African Minerals 36 CozIron 86 Lithium Americas 79 42, 55, 57, 75, 79, 81, 84, 85
Afrique 20 Lithium Power 77 RosCan 41
Aguia 78, 88 De Grey 5, 87 Los Cerros 79
Albermale 77 DGO 66 Lotus 60 Sandfire 16
Alicanto 79 Lundin 42 Saracen 16, 18-19
Alita 48 EcoGraf 34, 41 Seriti 54
Alkane 5, 88 Evolution 18-19 Mali Lithium 84 Sipa 88
Amplats 56, 88 Magmatic 5 Sky 5, 86
Andromeda 70-71 First Quantum 10, 42, 78 Marmota 72 South32 14, 54
Anglo American 4, 23, 27, 29, Fortescue 75, 85 Marquee 77 Southern Gold 80-81
56, 88 Freehill 88 Mincor 84 Sovereign 58-61
AngloGold 33, 38, 42 Freeport 81 Minotaur 70-71 Spectrum 5, 8-9, 18-19
Antipa 5 MinRes 48 Stavely 5
Applied 88 Galena 84 Mkango 61
Arc 41 Gangfeng 79 MMG 20-21 Talison 48
Archer 88 Gindalbie 66 Tasman 75
Ardea 88 Glencore 34 Navarre 5, 84 Teck 42
Arrow 88 Gold Fields 16, 78 Newcrest 5, 20 Teranga 32
Greatland 5 Newmont 34 Tesoro 76
B2Gold 46 Nord Gold 79 Tianqi 77
Base 58-59 Fortescue 88 Northern Star 13, 18-19, 88 Tietto 41
Barrick 4, 25, 29, 40, 53, 32, Nova 84, 86 Titan 79
33-34, 81 Harmony 38 TNG 88
Bellevue 5, 88 Highfield 83 Oklo 86-87 Twenty Seven 87
Berkeley 83 Orion 31 Twiga 33
BHP 4, 18-19, 25, 27, 29, 40, IGO 13 Orocobre 78
42, 57, 66, 74, 75 Iluka 58 Oz 16, 63, 66, 74 Vale 42, 86
Big River 79 Impala 50 Valor 79
Boss 73 Indiana 34, 88 Panoramic 84 Vedanta 52
Investigator 74 Paladin 60, 88
Cape Lambert 36 Ivanhoe 42, 56, 57 Perseus 25 Walkabout 34
Cassini 16 Ivanplats 57 Pilbara 25, 48 Winmar 88
Catalyst 5 Prospect 48-51 Wolf 83
Centaurus 86 Kingwest 85
China Magnesium 88 Kirkland Lake 5 Rafaella 82-83 Zijin 81
Cobre 13 Ramelius 8-9, 18-19 Zimplats 50
Coda 66 Latin Resources 78 Renascor 68
Codelco 77 Legend 88 Resource Generation 88

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