Keep and promote biodiversity at polluted sites under phytomanagement
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Keep and promote biodiversity at polluted sites under phytomanagement Carlos Garbisu 1
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Itziar Alkorta 2 & Petra Kidd 3 & Lur Epelde 1 & Michel Mench 4
Received: 3 June 2020 / Accepted: 13 September 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The phytomanagement concept combines a sustainable reduction of pollutant linkages at risk-assessed contaminated sites with the generation of both valuable biomass for the (bio)economy and ecosystem services. One of the potential benefits of phytomanagement is the possibility to increase biodiversity in polluted sites. However, the unique biodiversity present in some polluted sites can be severely impacted by the implementation of phytomanagement practices, even resulting in the local extinction of endemic ecotypes or species of great conservation value. Here, we highlight the importance of promoting measures to minimise the potential adverse impact of phytomanagement on biodiversity at polluted sites, as well as recommend practices to increase biodiversity at phytomanaged sites without compromising its effectiveness in terms of reduction of pollutant linkages and the generation of valuable biomass and ecosystem services. Keywords Contaminated soil . Metal . Metallophytes . Phytoremediation . Trace elements
Introduction The notion of phytomanagement is based on the combination of (i) a sustainable reduction of pollutant linkages at degraded sites with (ii) the generation of valuable products and essential ecosystem services. In other words, its main purpose is to grow profitable plants to minimise pollutant-induced environmental risks while maximising economic and/or ecological revenues. It is often claimed that one of the potential benefits Responsible Editor: Elena Maestri * Carlos Garbisu [email protected] 1
Department of Conservation of Natural Resources, Soil Microbial Ecology Group, NEIKER-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Bizkaia P812, E-48160 Derio, Spain
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, P. O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Instituto de Investigacións Agrobiolóxicas de Galicia (IIAG), 15780 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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INRAE, BIOGECO, University of Bordeaux, F-33615 Pessac, France
of phytomanagement is the possibility to enhance biodiversity in the degraded site under recovery. Pertinently, it must be strongly emphasised that some polluted sites, most relevantly mining sites, can harbour a unique biodiversity that must be carefully preserved. In any event, protecting biodiversity is of the utmost importance as human well-being depends upon biodiversity in many different ways (Naeem et al. 2016). In consequence, under the current scenario of global change and biodiversity loss, it is crucial to use as many tools as possible to preserve the fabric of life and the natural capital on which our
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