HeidelbergCement invites researchers, students and citizens to submit biodiversity projects in its quarries around the world.
The aim of this scientific and educational contest is to raise awareness of the organic value of mining sites and share new best practices with the scientific community, NGOs, authorities and our operating units.
Over 110 projects worldwide have been selected to compete in the 4th edition 2018 and win up to 30.000 Euro.
11 Jun 2018
The QLA participants have done a great job so far and are currently busy with carrying out their research! You can support and motivate them by voting for projects you particularly like.
19 Feb 2018
Over the next couple of weeks, all projects competing in the fourth edition of the Quarry Life Award will be introduced individually on the QLA social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
17 Jan 2018
The research phase of the fourth QLA edition has started with nature enthusiasts undertaking over 110 projects at quarries across 25 participating countries. Many participants visited "their" quarry for the first time and will update you with their blogs about the research.
Учащиеся из Детского технопарка "Кванториум" (г. Рыбинск) познакомились с коллекцией водорослей карьера Гурово / Students from the Children's Technopark "Kvantorium" (Rybinsk) got acquainted with the algae collection from Gurovo Quarry
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Our first excursion with children and teachers from Bashmachanska School to the local geosite turned out to be very productive. After processing the results of observations of all students, a general list of plant species has been compiled, which in total amounts to 92 species! Typical steppe plants are predominant (such as Festuca valesiaca, Koeleria macrantha, Linum hirsutum & Linum tenuifolium, Astragalus ponticus, Salvia tesqucila & Salvia nutans, etc.). Although a few, but typical...
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Наша перша екскурсія з учнями та вчителями Башмачанської школи до місцевого геосайту виявилася дуже продуктивною. Після обробки результатів спостережень всіх спостерігачів складено загальний список видів рослин, який загалом налічує 92 види! Переважають типові степові та сухостепові рослини (такі як типчак, келерія, льон шорсткий та льон тонколистий, астрагал понтійський, шавлії степова та поникла і т.ін.). Хоча й нечисленні, але характерні для виходів скель – петрофільні (каменелюбні) види,...
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The use of 2 photo traps for the study of the animal life of the quarry began in June this year, the first time such a study has been conducted in the territory of Dnipropetrovsk region.
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