Smart strategies for the transition in coal intensive regions Project No: 836819 Best practice report on environmental protection and post-mining land reclamation WP2 - Task 2.5/ D 2.5 December 2019 TRACER Best practice report on environmental protection and post-mining land reclamation Authors: Dirk Knoche, FIB, Germany Anne Rademacher, FIB, Germany Rainer Schlepphorst, FIB, Germany Editors: Dirk Knoche, FIB, Germany Anne Rademacher, FIB, Germany Rainer Schlepphorst, FIB, Germany Reviewers: Rita Mergner, WIP, Germany Rainer Janssen, WIP, Germany Contact: Forschungsinstitut für Bergbaufolgelandschaften e.V. Dr. Dirk Knoche Email:
[email protected], Tel.: +49 (0) 3531 – 7907 16 Brauhausweg 2 03238 Finsterwalde, Germany www.fib-ev.de This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 836819. The sole responsibility for the content of this report lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the INEA nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. TRACER website: www.tracer-h2020.eu December 2019 2 FIB TRACER Best practice report on environmental protection and post-mining land reclamation Contents 1 Preface _____________________________________________________ 7 2 Coal mining in Europe _________________________________________ 7 2.1 From a pillar of industrialisation ... __________________________________________ 7 2.2 ... into the "post-coal