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.
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.
11 Dec 2017
Let's celebrate! On the occasion of the sixth year anniversary, HeidelbergCement and BirdLife International have published a brochure highlighting the successes of their partnership.
Perceptions of villagers: The riparian populations of the quarry (about 99%) are aware of changes affecting the vegetation. The rarefaction and the disappearance of plants is the consequences given by the respondents.
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Laboratory studies including microbiological inoculations and identification of aquatic macroinvertebrates were performed.
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The study use quantitative ethnobotanical approach to investigate the perceptions of villagers on the changing affecting their ecosystem. 76 individual interviews were held in 6 villages. The answer rates were calculated for the construction of histograms.
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Before you one more work presented at the competition of the American Microbiologists' Community (ASM). The red color is obtained due to the bacterium Serratia marcescens, which produces the prodigiosin pigment. Because of its red color, the bacteria were tried to use to color the fog, but this led to dangerous consequences ...
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