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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 awarded international prizes up to € 30,000 in 2022. The 6th edition will start in 2024.

70 Quarries
19 Countries
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Latest news from Quarry Life Award

News overview
the International winners by Stijn Vanderdeelen19 Oct 2022

The international winners have been announced

Heidelberg Materials and more than 100 guests celebrated the seven winning teams of the fifth edition of the Quarry Life Award in Brussels. Building on the award, Heidelberg Materials develops best practices for quarry management which are then applied on a global scale, amongst others supporting the company’s contribution to the EU restoration agenda.

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23 Sep 2022

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY HAS DECIDED!

After reading more than 50 Final Reports, the Jurors met virtually today (23 September) to discuss the results.

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HeidelbergCement becomes Heidelberg Materials22 Sep 2022

HeidelbergCement becomes Heidelberg Materials

Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions with leading market positions in cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete. In more than 600 active quarries worldwide Heidelberg Materials and its subsidiaries are committed to protecting and enhancing nature during and after extraction and promoting a high diversity of local flora and fauna. The company established the Quarry Life Award in 2012.

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Project updates

Study of Soil Seedbanks, Species Regeneration and Aboveground Vegetation in the Wazo Hill QuarryTanzania

Dalbergia Melanoxylon

World's expensive timber

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16Sep
Study of Soil Seedbanks, Species Regeneration and Aboveground Vegetation in the Wazo Hill QuarryTanzania

Visit by the international jury

The international jury visited our project on 25th August

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16Sep
Study of Soil Seedbanks, Species Regeneration and Aboveground Vegetation in the Wazo Hill QuarryTanzania

Plant species of wazo hill

More than 40 plant species identified within the quarry

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16Sep
APPLICATION OF SOIL BIOENGINEERING TECHNIQUES FOR SLOPE STABILIZATION AND EROSION CONTROLTanzania

Community participation

Few members of community were invited to visit the project area. they were also be able to visit quarry museum, rehabilitated area and the tree nursery

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15Sep
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About the Quarry Life Award

The Quarry Life Award is a scientific and education contest proposed by Heidelberg Materials 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 Heidelberg Materials‘ 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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