Evaluation of mines ecological restoration capacity of the countries along the Belt and Road

Mineral resources development and environmental protection are the basic requirements of green the Belt and Road initiative.It is necessary to carry out the evaluation of mine ecological restoration capacity.Based on mining distribution and exploitation, this paper constructs mining ecological restoration evaluation system, and uses entropy method to obtain the scores of the ecological restoration capacity of the countries along the Belt and Road.The research shows that economic development, political stability, environmental governance ability, technological innovation, investment of mineral enterprises, and natural conditions are the main factors.In general, there are regional difference which is characterized by "east-west high, middle low", and internal differences.Regionally, the restoration capacities of Northeast Asia, West Asia and North Africa are significantly high, follows by Southeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe, while those of Central Asia and South Asia are weak.The country with the highest score is Israel, and the lowest is Tajikistan.China ranks ninth and belongs to the middle and upper levels.The capacity of mine ecological restoration has great potential in the countries along the Belt and Road.This study can provide reference for the distribution of mineral resources exploitation and ecological environment protection in the countries along the Belt and Road.