Ecological Modelling of Species Richness for measuring restoration Success in Wazo Hill Quarry

Project Description

The removal of vegetation cover in Wazo Hill quarry during the process of limestone excavation dramatically alter habitats which in turn cause the damage of biodiversity. Owing to the importance of the biodiversity, TPCC Limited initiated the programme of the restoration of habitats and species in the disturbed site. It is necessary to assess and measuring the restoration success of habitats for the rehabiliation and management purpose. There are many challenges of measuring The restoration success has been measured using species-richness and diversity index which create more challenges. This is because the assessment of richness in quarries requires a count of observed species but, unfortunately, in biological and ecological sciences, the compilation of complete species census and inventories is costly or even impossible. Due to this reason, there is a need to develop the ecological modelling for assessing spicies richness, predicting the future biodiversity and measuring restoration success in quarries. Therefore, the present study is focusing on developing ecological models based on the restoration efforts and the rate of loss of biodiversity to determine the net increase or decrease of species richness at Wazo Hill quarry.