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Quarry Life Award 2018
BEPOSO-SHAMA DISTRICT, WESTERN REGION

Promoting community participation for sustainable eco- restoration of the Beposo Quarry site

At the Ghana’s national dialogue on youth employment on 26th September 2016,

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Quarry Life Award 2018
Oterkpalu - Kpong Rd, Eastern District

Promoting the use of biochar for minesoil amendment and floristic diversity enhancement.

In mined land rehabilitation, the topsoil plays a very important role not only as a growth medium for plants but also a bank for indigenous plant seeds. However,

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Quarry Life Award 2018
BEPOSO-SHAMA DISTRICT, WESTERN REGION

Impacts of Mining on Foraging Bats at the Beposo Quarry Site in Ghana

This project aims to assess quarry activities on biodiversity using bats as model species. Their diversity,

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Quarry Life Award 2018
Oterkpalu - Kpong Rd, Eastern District

Statistical Determination of the Best Biological Geotextile for Biodiversity Promotion in Quarries

To enhance slope stability, we need to understand the essence of geotextile. The application of geotextiles has proven to be useful in bioengineering.

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Quarry Life Award 2018
Oterkpalu - Kpong Rd, Eastern District

Soil Moisture Retention and Native Pollinators Preservation: The Case of Mimosa pudica

During quarrying operation, overburden materials are removed and dumped on site. Heaps of these materials are left uncovered. The uncovered materials, suitable for land reclamation, tends to get dry,

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Quarry Life Award 2018
France
Quarry Life Award 2018
Blanquefort (proche Bordeaux)

Participative sciences and empowerment - Sciences participatives et pouvoir d'agir

With the participative sciences program "A dragon ?? In my garden ?!", created by the CPIE of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, we demonstrated the ability of revealing the power of act of citizens. Indeed,

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Egypt
Quarry Life Award 2018
Tourah Cement Co., Tourah, Cairo

Impact of Quarrying activities on Biodiversity of "Tourah Portland(Clay) Quarry Habitats"

Wild species that are actually or potentially useful to people are called wildlife resources. They are potentially renewable resources,

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Egypt
Quarry Life Award 2018

Environmental assessment of quarrying at Helwan quarry and its effect on biodiversity

Biodiversity is a scientific term refers mainly to the present living species in a studied area.

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Quarry Life Award 2018
Egypt
Quarry Life Award 2018

Producing a Short Documentary film about biodiversity of Helwan Limestone Quarry

This documentary film will help to produce a simple educational tool to deliver general information about biodiversity in the Limestone Quarry, with special reference to migratory birds,

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Quarry Life Award 2018