Area of disturbed and worked-out lands: data by year
per year; hectares
Over five years the total area of disturbed and reclaimed lands in Russia changed from 194225 to 229984 hectares. The list includes eighteen rows, differentiated by soil damage causes: from mineral extraction to leaks during oil and gas transit. The data cover 2019‑2023 and allow assessment of the scale of various sectors' impact on the country's land fund
- Total
- Total
- during mineral extraction (including common minerals)
- during construction work
- during construction work
- during other work
- during mineral extraction (including common minerals)
- during other work
- during timber harvesting
Chart of area of disturbed and reclaimed lands in Russia 2019‑2023, hectares
Who grew, who fell: 2019 → 2023
Set in numbers
Coverage: 18 series in per year; hectares, 2019 through 2023, 5 reporting periods. 90 values in total.
“Total” rose by 18.4% between 2019 and 2023, from 194,225 to 229,984. The highest value in the series is 263,995 in 2022.
All table numbers are series: 18
| Series | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Всего | 194 225,00 | 174 529,00 | 195 240,00 | 263 995,00 | 229 984,00 |
| при разработке месторождений полезных ископаемых (включая общераспространенные полезные ископаемые) | 119 309,00 | 115 971,00 | 90 671,00 | 85 367,00 | 93 335,00 |
| вследствие утечки при транзите нефти, газа, продуктов переработки нефти | 3 120,00 | 124,00 | 132,00 | 127,00 | 122,00 |
| при строительных работах | 43 023,00 | 28 551,00 | 34 675,00 | 81 139,00 | 110 461,00 |
| при мелиоративных работах | 771,00 | 626,00 | 2 090,00 | 1 054,00 | 1 313,00 |
| при лесозаготовительных работах | 10 315,00 | 12 936,00 | 52 780,00 | 13 165,00 | 9 777,00 |
| при изыскательских работах | 12 283,00 | 6 005,00 | 6 039,00 | 7 012,00 | 6 942,00 |
| при размещении промышленных (в том числе строительных) и твердых бытовых отходов | 1 032,00 | 1 890,00 | 992,00 | 965,00 | 3 540,00 |
| при иных работах | 4 372,00 | 8 426,00 | 7 862,00 | 75 165,00 | 4 493,00 |
| Всего | 122 746,00 | 129 124,00 | 125 209,00 | 206 667,00 | 193 204,00 |
| при разработке месторождений полезных ископаемых (включая общераспространенные полезные ископаемые) | 61 000,00 | 74 866,00 | 62 557,00 | 54 183,00 | 51 293,00 |
| вследствие утечки при транзите нефти, газа, продуктов переработки нефти | 2 892,00 | 98,00 | 125,00 | 161,00 | 213,00 |
| при строительных работах | 32 684,00 | 27 314,00 | 22 057,00 | 64 116,00 | 116 744,00 |
| при мелиоративных работах | 446,00 | 1 786,00 | 2 051,00 | 954,00 | 1 315,00 |
| при лесозаготовительных работах | 9 674,00 | 10 420,00 | 29 440,00 | 12 907,00 | 10 920,00 |
| при изыскательских работах | 11 866,00 | 9 193,00 | 6 155,00 | 4 291,00 | 8 112,00 |
| при размещении промышленных (в том числе строительных) и твердых бытовых отходов | 205,00 | 624,00 | 119,00 | 285,00 | 614,00 |
| при иных работах | 3 978,00 | 4 824,00 | 2 704,00 | 69 769,00 | 3 993,00 |
How to read this table
Rows in the table are grouped by type of landscape impact, enabling comparison of the mining industry’s and transport incidents’ contribution to the total damaged territories. One can compare the national total with specific factors such as field development or resource‑pumping accidents. Differences between rows help understand the structure of ecological damage and highlight the most significant sources of land disturbance
What is visible in these numbers
“Total” leads the table with 193,204 per year; hectares, “due to leakage during transit of oil, gas, oil products” closes it with 213 per year; hectares. The gap between them is 907-fold.
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Period and application
Statistics are published annually and cover 2019‑2023. Data in hectares per year are needed by ecologists, land‑use specialists and mining company representatives to assess environmental load. The information helps track soil condition dynamics and plan reclamation measures for areas affected by human activity
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