The approach is based on cooperation and consensus: participatory workshops are organized with local populations in order to identify and study the region's plants and their characteristics to conduct field experiments to see which plants survive best and to choose the species to be replanted. Since its beginnings in 2014, the company has thus implemented. One of the main priorities of the local population is the rehabilitation of the areas mined by GCO, and this is consequently one of the company's main concerns. In 2016, GCO also introduced an irrigation system in order to ensure that the revegetation efforts could continue during the dry season, which runs from November to April, and to improve the longevity of the plants. the use of sheep and goat manure to improve soil quality.the seeding of herbaceous species (soft and trunkless), mainly from Senegal, from locally harvested seeds.These include Australian pine, cashew and eucalyptus trees which have a trunk) raised in the GCO nursery. the planting of so-called 'woody' plants (i.e.The goal is to restore them as much as possible to their original state, prior to the installation of windbreak nets that protect the dunes from wind erosion.Ībove, from left to right: the preparation of the seedlings at the nursery the fertilization of the soil with sheep and goat manure and finally the planting of the seedlings from the nursery in the dunes.ĭifferent revegetation methods are then used: Prior to undertaking the process of revegetation, GCO restores the dunes by recontouring the heaps of sandy tailings from the mine. The revegetation process from start to finish Communities & territories Communities & territories.Responsible management of mine tailings and waste rock.An organization committed to the planet.Eramet is transforming Eramet is transforming.

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