FUZZY AHP METHOD FOR PLANT SPECIES SELECTION IN MINE RECLAMATION PLANS: CASE STUDY SUNGUN COPPER MINE

All steps of a mining project generally disturb the environment'soriginal condition during construction. Therefore, it is crucial toimplement an appropriate mine reclamation plan throughout all mineplanning stages from sustainable and environmental point of view.Planting the suitable plant species in each step of any reclamationplan and each area is one of the necessities in this respect.Selecting of plant species is carried out on the basis of theprimary factors. After that priorities between the selected speciesare defined on account of the secondary factors by a MCDM model. Inthis regard, a Fuzzy AHP approach was used. This method was appliedto Sungun open pit copper mine in Iran as a case study. Decisionmaking was conducted on the basis of oral judgments and groupexpertise in the case study. The results achieved from the analysesshowed that the priorities of alternatives are as Maple, Ash, Oak,Barberry, Paliurus spina -Christi, Sloe, respectively.