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The impact of coal mining on the Kuzbass region ecosystem is studied in the article. Large-scale mining have led to land disturbance over large areas. The Coal Industry Development Program, which provides for a significant increase in production, will make the identified problem more important. In this regard, the problem of the coal industry should be solved simultaneously with the restoration of natural ecosystems through high-quality land reclamation. The existing regulatory framework for reclamation is assessed in the article. The mechanism of legal regulation of reclamation of disturbed lands at the regional and federal levels is proposed. Improving the quality of reclamation will be facilitated by the development of a strategy for the restoration of the natural environment, which would be reflected in the Concept of disturbed land reclamation.

Large-scale mining disturbs wide areas of land. The development program for the mining industry, with an expected considerable increase in production output, aggravates the problem with even vaster territories exposed to the adverse anthropogenic impact. Recovery of mining-induced ecosystems in the mineral-extracting regions becomes the top priority objective. There are many restoration mechanisms, and they should be used in integration and be highly technologically intensive as the environmental impact is many-sided. This involves pollution of water, generation of much waste and soil disturbance which is the most typical of open pit mining. Scale disturbance of land, withdrawal of farming land, land pollution and littering are critical problems to the solved in the first place. One of the way outs is highquality reclamation. This article reviews the effective rules and regulations on reclamation. The mechanism is proposed for the legal control of disturbed land reclamation on a regional and federal level. Highly technologically intensive recovery of mining-induced landscape will be backed up by the natural environment restoration strategy proposed in the Disturbed Land Reclamation Concept.

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