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Italy
Quarry Life Award 2021
Viale della Rimembranza, 25014 Castenedolo

Like a stepping stone

The research project aims to the ecological characterization of the area of the former Italcementi Santa Giustina quarry in Castenedolo (BS).

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Quarry Life Award 2021
Italy
Quarry Life Award 2021
Viale della Rimembranza, 25014 Castenedolo

In search of the off-key note. Ecoacoustics for the management of Castenedolo’s Plain Forest

Ecoacoustics is an interdisciplinary science, derived from bioacoustics and ecology, very close to soundscape ecology.

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Quarry Life Award 2021
United Kingdom
Quarry Life Award 2021
Tytherington Wotton under Edge, GL12 8UW Gloucestershire

Transform a village playground with “Tytherington’s Tiny Forest” for nature recovery and education

The landowner, Hanson UK,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
United Kingdom
Quarry Life Award 2021
Needingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon PE17 3RJ, England

Connecting communities to their local wild greenspace through a series of enhanced circular walks

In the heart of the Cambridgeshire Fens a huge area of land is being transformed. We are 20 years into an exciting partnership between Hanson and the RSPB,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
United Kingdom
Quarry Life Award 2021
Wolston Lane Ryton on Dunsmore, CV8 3LG Coventry

Wolston Quarry Lifecycle Sign Boards

The Wolston Fields Quarry is a relatively small sand and gravel extraction situated in the Warwickshire countryside.

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Quarry Life Award 2021
United Kingdom
Quarry Life Award 2021
Pit Lane Ketton, PE9 3SX Stamford, Lincolnshire

Implications of compost incorporation into topsoil as a restoration strategy

Globally soils contain approximately three times as much carbon as the atmosphere (IUCN 2011). The bioavailability of this carbon influences the effect of multiple soil properties,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
United Kingdom
Quarry Life Award 2021
Off Walton Lane, Staffs DE13 8EJ Barton-under-Needwood

Secrets from the Deep: Sediment archives of Biodiversity and Pollution in New Quarry Lakes

Wetland-lake complexes, like the quarry lakes at Barton-under-Needwood, provide multiple roles of biodiversity, aesthetic value, ecosystem services, flood prevention and alleviation,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
United Kingdom
Quarry Life Award 2021
Puddletown Road Wareham, BH20 7PJ Dorset

Investigation of sand properties for sand lizard breeding to inform the creation of receptor sites

The area of lowland heath near Wareham in Dorset forms part of an internationally recognised site of nature conservation importance, the Dorset Heathlands. This complex of habitats,

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Quarry Life Award 2021
Quarry Life Award 2021
Behrens vei 15 Tysfjord kommune, Kjøpsvik, Tysfjord

Are limestone quarries biodiversity hotspots in the Arctic? A survey of flying insects at Kjøpsvik

Lime stone quarries in Central Europe house unique floras and faunas not often encountered in casual biodiversity surveys,

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Quarry Life Award 2021