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Why Soil Sampling is the Foundation of Successful Land Rehabilitation

When land rehabilitation fails, the cause is rarely at the surface. Vegetation struggles to establish. Slopes erode. Water runs off instead of infiltrating. Closure criteria are missed. Carbon, forestry, or biodiversity projects underperform. And ultimately, remediation costs escalate.

In most cases, the problem can be traced back to one thing: the soil beneath our feet.

At Verterra, soil sampling is not a box-ticking exercise. It is the foundation of every successful rehabilitation, soil amelioration and land-performance outcome we deliver.

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Mining and Energy Susan Horn Mining and Energy Susan Horn

Harnessing UAV Technology to Improve Mine Rehabilitation Outcomes 

Quality mine rehabilitation is about delivering measurable outcomes for the environment, regulators, and communities. At Verterra, we’re helping mining companies take mine rehabilitation to the next level using drone-based NDVI and multispectral imagery to monitor ground cover development more accurately, more frequently, and more cost-effectively than traditional methods. 

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