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The accurate evaluation of the ecological environment is the premise behind environmental governance in a mining area. However, current ecological assessment indicators were not developed specifically for mine environment monitoring and, thus, cannot provide an effective and comprehensive assessment of the mineral environment. To this end, in order to improve the environmental monitoring performance in mining areas, a novel Mine-Specific Eco-Environment Index (MSEEI) was proposed, integrating factors from five main aspects associated with minerals, including temperature, vegetation, soil moisture, atmospheric environment, and mining scale. Meanwhile, a widely concerned mine\u2014Luanchuan mine\u2014was used as the case area to test the performance of our MSEEI. The results showed a significant correlation between RSEI and MSEEI (p &lt; 0.01). The mean correlation achieved between RSEI and MSEEI was 0.91, which was much higher than the correlations between RSEI and enhanced vegetation index (EVI), soil moisture monitoring index (SMMI), normalized difference built-up and soil index (NDBSI), PM2.5 concentration (DI), and heat (LST). In addition, based on our long-term MSEEI results of Luanchuan mine from 1997 to 2021, the ecological status of Luanchuan mine showed a trend of first declining and then rising. Specifically, the MSEEI first declined from 0.85 to 0.77 between 1997 and 2012, and then rebounded to about 0.8 in recent years. The MSEEI exhibited a good applicability in the ecological assessment of mining areas. Our MSEEI can provide useful guidance for mine environment monitoring. MSEEI can directly reflect the ecological damage after mining, provide scientific guidance for the exploitation and utilization of mineral resources, and promote the protection and sustainable development of Earth\u2019s resources and mine ecological environments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15040933","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,8]],"date-time":"2023-02-08T06:00:05Z","timestamp":1675836005000},"page":"933","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["A Novel Mine-Specific Eco-Environment Index (MSEEI) for Mine Ecological Environment Monitoring Using Landsat Imagery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Peipei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Henan Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Zhengzhou 450003, China"},{"name":"College of Surveying and Mapping and Geographic Information, North China University of Water Resources and Electric, Zhengzhou 450045, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xidong","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Surveying and Mapping and Geographic Information, North China University of Water Resources and Electric, Zhengzhou 450045, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Siqi","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4148, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongwei","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"No.7 Geological Party, Henan Nonferrous Metals Geological and Mineral Bureau, Zhengzhou 450016, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yingle","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Henan Institue of Remote Sensing and Geomatics, Zhengzhou 450003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"38","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2005.05.003","article-title":"Ecological restoration of mineland with particular reference to the metalliferous mine wasteland in China: A review of research and practice","volume":"357","author":"Li","year":"2006","journal-title":"Sci Total Environ."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"205","DOI":"10.1006\/jema.2000.0353","article-title":"Ecological restoration and land reclamation in open-cast mines in Shanxi Province, China","volume":"59","author":"Miao","year":"2000","journal-title":"J. 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