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Quarry Life Award 2021
Kengiseppskoe shosse, Slantsy, Leningrad

Creation of an educational space "Birds station"

"Birds Station" is an environmental education and biodiversity conservation project. None of the environmental problems can be solved without informing the public.

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Quarry Life Award 2021
Quarry Life Award 2021

“By exploring nature we inevitably explore our true selves”

- Arranging/Designing of an educational and insightful nature trail to the Grassland. This includes organising a recreation (leisure) venue for all comers that offers workshops (lectures),

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Quarry Life Award 2021
Quarry Life Award 2021

Quarry for education: young ecologists carry out research and inform about the nature of the quarry.

The Pechurki quarry is a quite good object for educational activities with schoolchildren. The quarry area combines various biotopes,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
Quarry Life Award 2021

Microalgae of Technogenic Landscapes: Search for Valuable Producers of Lipids and Fatty Acids

The study and conservation of biodiversity are of paramount importance for the stable functioning of ecosystems and ensuring the life and health of people. At the same time,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
Quarry Life Award 2021

Comprehension of local biodiversity is an essential first step to nature conservation in quarries

In order to implement the slogan "Think globally, act locally!" in the context of environmental challenges, it is important to know local biodiversity. This is the first step, a kind of "zero level,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
Quarry Life Award 2021
Zheleznodorozhnaya, Novogurovsky, Tula

Partial recovery of the meadow community to reduce the impact of the quarry on the nature

Abandonned farmlands have been transferred for the Gurovo quarry. Limestone has not yet been mined for some of them. When these sites are involved in development,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
Quarry Life Award 2018

Quarry and society: joint efforts to maintain biodiversity at the Pechurki quarry

Large water pond will be formed on the quarry Pechurki in next few years and it will become favorite public place for rest and nature values observation.

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Quarry Life Award 2018

Molecular ecology and adaptation of algae in formation the target ecosystems of the Gurovo quarry

The role of algae, not only as producers of organic substance, but also as creators of living organisms communities, is most pronounced when forming pioneer groupings on substrates of various origins.

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Quarry Life Award 2016
Kengiseppskoe shosse, Slantsy, Leningrad

Biodiversity in space and time

Information about natural processes is crucial in the context of biodiversity conservation. It is also necessary to determine potential factors of biodiversity reducing.

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Quarry Life Award 2016