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Get inspired by succesfull projects improving biodiversity in mining quarries.

Creating environmentally renewable system in the Ribnica quarry by making artificial wetland

Bosnia and HerzegovinaQuarry Life Award 2016

Mapping Types of Habitats at the Ribnica Quarry Using Contemporary Methods In Ecology

Bosnia and HerzegovinaQuarry Life Award 20162nd prize (National contest)

Gravel pit Hulín: towards the harmony among diverse interests.

Czech RepublicQuarry Life Award 20162nd prize (National contest)

Characterization and mapping of natural habitats and ecological corridors around Sika-Kondji quarry

TogoQuarry Life Award 2016

Wastes-soils-plants-animals: a cooperation to boost Sika-Kondji career biodiversity

TogoQuarry Life Award 20161st prize (National contest)

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About the Quarry Life Award

The Quarry Life Award is an international research competition for the promotion and education about biodiversity in quarries. The forth edition of the competition, organized by HeidelbergCement, is currently in progress.

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