Reliance on natural succession to restore sand tin tailings without any human aid can be very slow. Natural regeneration after up to 11 years on tin-mined land in Indonesia was dominated by shrub species of the Cyperaceae and Poacceae families while shrub species of the Myrtaceae family were still common on 38-year old tin-mined lands.
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/itto-tropical-forest-update
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tin
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