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.
The 5th edition of our contest will start in 2020. More information will be published in due time on this website.
23 Apr 2019
The new brochure introduces the international and national winners.
25 Jan 2019
On December 5, 2018, the International QLA Ceremony took place in Brussels. After introducing to you this edition's international winners, we now want to share a short mood video with you: the cameraman certainly did a great job in capturing the evening's magic.
22 Jan 2019
A group of Turkish students from Izmir wanted to enhance biodiversity in the nearby quarry. To realize this mission, they showed great effort and exemplary team spirit. The students used innovative methods such as vertical planting to enrich the quarry with local medicinal plants.
On October 28th we culminated our commitment with Valdilecha's people, generated in the I Conecta-Minera Workshop, planting a little forest in the annexed land to the gravel pit
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Near the Greek city of Zakynthos in 2014, tourists scuba diving discovered the remains of a ruined city at the bottom of the sea. In the photographs one could see the paved pavement and the base of the columns. The Greek Department of Underwater Archeology has begun to research the city. But it turned out that it was created not by humans, but by bacteria!
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Возле греческого города Закинф в 2014 году туристы, занимавшиеся подводным плаванием обнаружили остатки разрушенного города на дне моря. На фотографиях можно было разглядеть мощеную мостовую и основания колонн. Греческое управление подводной археологии приступило к исследованиям города. Но оказалось, что создан он не людьми, а бактериями!
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A common agricultural pest - Acyrthosiphon pisum, as shown by a new study, relies on vision to protect against bacteria that are deadly dangerous to it. Pea aphids are not immune to the bacteria of the species Pseudomonas syringae, often found on the surface of the leaves of plants. If pea aphids become infected with this bacterium, they quickly die.
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