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Enhance biodiversity with your idea - Nature will be the biggest winner!

The Quarry Life Award is a scientific and education competition, takes place every three years and runs simultaneously at national and international levels. Its aim is to raise the awareness of the ecological value of extraction sites and sharing new best practices.  

Currently, biodiversity projects are carried out in our quarries around the world.

We will award international prizes up to € 30,000 in 2022.

71 Quarries
19 Countries
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Latest news from Quarry Life Award

News overview
16 Feb 2022

International Jury announced

For the fifth edition of the Quarry Life Award, five International Jury members have been nominated to assess the projects for International Awards. They will work simultaneously with the national juries, but focusing on different evaluation criteria.

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02 Feb 2022

Blogs are open

The participants will update you with their blogs about the research conducted in our quarries.

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16 Dec 2021

It has been decided!

Projects participating in the competition will be published soon. The 5th edition of the Quarry Life Award enters into the next phase with more exciting things ahead!

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Project updates

BiodiVEnture: a playful and didactic experience to know and approach biodiversityItaly

Biodiventure is Ready!

We are happy to announce that Biodiventure is ready! In May, the team created the educational trail in the Castenedolo woods and activated the games connected to the QrCodes. Con piacere annunciamo che Biodiventure è pronto! Nel mese di maggio il team ha realizzato il percorso didattico all’interno del bosco di Castenedolo e ha attivato i giochi collegati ai QrCode.

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26May
Quarry Trail -- Bikepark ტრანსკარიერული ველოპარკი --Georgia

The quarry visit #5

101 Kilometers testing bicycle rout Tbilisi -> Saskhori limestone Quarry -> Tbilisi. Meeting with international jury member.

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25May
Significance of herpetofauna conservation in preserving biodiversity of Nowogród Bobrzański quarryPoland

Jaszczurki zwinki godują !

19 maja udało nam się zaobserwować wiele jaszczurek zwinek, które obecnie mają okres godowy.

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25May
Nachhaltiger Amphibienschutz durch Nutzung natürlicher ProzesseGermany

Die Trockenheit führt zu sichtbaren Wasserstandsschwankungen

Die vergangenen Wochen waren besonders trocken. Was auf der einen Seite gut für den Fortgang der Erdarbeiten ist, führt auf der anderen Seite zu extremen Wasserstandsschwankungen in den Rinnen.

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25May
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About the Quarry Life Award

The Quarry Life Award is a scientific and education contest proposed by HeidelbergCement and its subsidiaries. The contest aims at raising the awareness of the biodiversity value of quarrying sites and sharing new best practices with the scientific community, NGOs, authorities and HeidelbergCement‘s operating units. The Quarry Life Award aims at increasing the scientific understanding of the interaction between nature and quarries as well as contributing to global nature conservation goals in raising the awareness of the importance of biodiversity and bringing people closer to nature.

The contest is conducted every three years. However, the Covid-19 pandemic caused us to reschedule the launch of the 5th edition to May 2021.

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