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Environment Turning a former sand pit into an educational area in partnership with a local NGO. Welser Kieswerke Treul & CO GmbH
April 10, 2023 UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2010

Turning a former sand pit into an educational area in partnership with a local NGO.

The sand pit area of Prambachkirchen with an extent of about 6 hectares is situated in the midst of a low structured, agricultural intensive used area with low species population. The original project...
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Environment Creating habitats similar to the old Danube riverside to protect several endangered species. Welser Kieswerke Treul & CO GmbH
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Creating habitats similar to the old Danube riverside to protect several endangered species.

Objective The aggregates extraction project, located at the Steyregg Danube riverside, created, after aggregates extraction, large ox-bow-shaped waterbeds which are similar to the old Danube rivers...
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Environment To optimise the measures currently foreseen for nature and species protection to be effectively realised during and after the extraction. The aim is to improve the current decision-making si… Wopfinger Transportbeton GesmbH
April 10, 2023 UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016

To optimise the measures currently foreseen for nature and species protection to be effectively realised during and after the extraction. The aim is to improve the current decision-making si…

Objective To optimise the measures currently foreseen for nature and species protection to be effectively realised during and after the extraction. The aim is to improve the current decision-making...
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Environment Landscape management-plan to protect and enlarge the populations of 23 red list plant-species, 9 endangered amphibians and reptils, 9 dragonflys from which 2 are red list-species, 14 grashop… Zementwerk Leube GmbH
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Landscape management-plan to protect and enlarge the populations of 23 red list plant-species, 9 endangered amphibians and reptils, 9 dragonflys from which 2 are red list-species, 14 grashop…

Objective Protection and enlargement of the populations of • 23 red list plant-species (Juncus acutiflorus, Scorzonera humilis, Genista tinctoria, Cirsium rivulare, Betonica officinalis, Epipa...
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Environment Conversion of a quarry into a natural zone, while maintaining and increasing biodiversity Carmeuse
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Conversion of a quarry into a natural zone, while maintaining and increasing biodiversity

Objective Conversion of a quarry into a natural zone, while maintaining and increasing biodiversity. Context Carmeuse has operated the Moha site since the early years of the 20th century. The...
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Environment Recolonisation of Carmeuse quarry sites by the Eurasian Eagle Owl Carmeuse
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Recolonisation of Carmeuse quarry sites by the Eurasian Eagle Owl

Objective Recolonisation of Carmeuse quarry sites by the Eurasian Eagle Owl. Context The Eurasian Eagle Owl (bubo bubo) is an impressive species both because of its size (nearly 80 cm tall an...
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Environment Protection of a major sand martin colony Carmeuse
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Protection of a major sand martin colony

Objective Protection of a major sand martin colony. Context During spring 1989, sand martins took up residence in a crush limestone heap consisting of some sheer vertical walls. The site did...
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Environment To preserve a network of almost 100 km of galleries of old underground quarries to ensure the safety of its huge ecological, paleontological and historical interest Cimenteries CBR s.a. - HeidelbergCement
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

To preserve a network of almost 100 km of galleries of old underground quarries to ensure the safety of its huge ecological, paleontological and historical interest

Objective To preserve a network of almost 100 km of galleries of old underground Quarries to ensure the safety of its huge ecological, paleontological and historical interest. Context Followi...
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Environment Restoration of a landscape of agricultural and environmental quality Cimenteries CBR s.a. - HeidelbergCement
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Restoration of a landscape of agricultural and environmental quality

Objective Restoration of a landscape of agricultural and environmental quality. Context Every day the quarry of the Romont supplies the factory of Lixhe with 1,800 tons of micaceous chalks, u...
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Environment Reconstructing areas similar to those of the neighbouring Natura 2000 zones Cimenteries CBR s.a. - HeidelbergCement
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Reconstructing areas similar to those of the neighbouring Natura 2000 zones

Objective The ambitious rehabilitation applied here aims at reconstructing areas similar to those of the neighbouring Natura 2000 zones. The partial restoration of the original relief and the pr...
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Environment Partial backfill of a body of water to maintain the current habitat of the green frog population Gauthier-Wincqz/SAGREX
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Partial backfill of a body of water to maintain the current habitat of the green frog population

Objective The partial backfill of a body of water is intended not merely to dispose of some +/- 4.5 million m3 of surface earth, but also to create a habitat likely to attract richer biodiversity....
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Environment Holcim entrusted the Natagora association to manage the environmental planning of a 35 hectare zone located between the reserve area and the quarry Holcim Granulats Belgique
April 10, 2023 Natura 2000 area

Holcim entrusted the Natagora association to manage the environmental planning of a 35 hectare zone located between the reserve area and the quarry

Objective As part of its commitment to improve the biodiversity at the quarries, Holcim entrusted the Natagora association to manage the environmental planning of a 35 hectare zone located between...
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Environment This site is considered as a Site of Great Biological Interest by the Walloon Region and is now covered by a convention signed in 2012 between CUP and Action Nature SA Carrières Unies de Porphyre (CUP)
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

This site is considered as a Site of Great Biological Interest by the Walloon Region and is now covered by a convention signed in 2012 between CUP and Action Nature

Objective • To rehabilitate this remarkable site (waste removal, clearing of the undergrowth, removal of invasive species...); • To identify and valorise the different ecological habitats th...
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Environment Restoration of riverside wetlands with habitats and species of birds, water animals, rare species and plants in former and operational quarries along the basin of Lesnovska river. Holcim Bulgaria
April 10, 2023 UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013

Restoration of riverside wetlands with habitats and species of birds, water animals, rare species and plants in former and operational quarries along the basin of Lesnovska river.

Objective Restoration of riverside wetlands with habitats and species of birds, water animals, rare species and plants in former and operational quarries along the basin of Lesnovska river. Cont...
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Environment Restoration of a former gravel pit for a recreational purpose, “Aquacity” COLAS HRVATSKA d.d
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Restoration of a former gravel pit for a recreational purpose, “Aquacity”

Objective Restoration of a former gravel extraction site for a recreational purpose. Context COLAS HRVATSKA d.d, formerly called Cesta Varaždin d.d, is one of the leaders and largest asphalt...
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Environment Planting of 21.000 trees Holcim Croatia
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Planting of 21.000 trees

Objective The objective was the rehabilitation of the Očura quarry, in order to improve the public perception of quarrying in Croatia. Context Since 1936 untill 2006, approximately 16 millio...
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Environment Maximal use of natural evolution to turn a formerquarry into a part of a Natura 2000 system Českomoravské štěrkovny a.s. - HeidelbergCement
April 10, 2023 UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2007

Maximal use of natural evolution to turn a formerquarry into a part of a Natura 2000 system

Objective Recultivation of a granite quarry – Important report to Increasing Ecological Stability of the Territory. Context At the end of the 1990s, the company Českomoravské štěrkovny...
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Environment Protecting seriously endangered Beavers a. s. Mokrá - HeidelbergCement
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Protecting seriously endangered Beavers

Objective The main priority is to protect and increase biodiversity of the whole ecosystem, to do targeted impacts to increase the presence of littoral zones by changing to soft flood plain and cre...
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Environment To create a wide spectrum of natural and close to nature communities (mainly water and wetland communities) a. s. - HeidelbergCement
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study | Protected landscape area

To create a wide spectrum of natural and close to nature communities (mainly water and wetland communities)

Objective The recultivation objective has three main points: raw material mining – nature and landscape protection – recreation, the nature and landscape protection being the priority as this a...
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Environment To create a replacement habitat for the blue chequered butterfly. Destia LTD
April 10, 2023 UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016

To create a replacement habitat for the blue chequered butterfly.

Objective To create a replacement habitat for the blue chequered butterfly. Context The quarry area presented a high population of orpines, which is the main habitat of the blue chequered but...
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Environment To implement the KIELO-programme on all NCC extraction sites NCC
April 10, 2023 UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016

To implement the KIELO-programme on all NCC extraction sites

Objective To implement the KIELO-programme on all NCC extraction sites. Context KIELO-programme is NCC’s vision of the integrated biodiversity management system (IBMS). KIELO enhances biodi...
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Environment To utilise the aggregates while preserving the area’s natural values and recreational opportunities Rudus Oy
April 10, 2023 UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016

To utilise the aggregates while preserving the area’s natural values and recreational opportunities

Objective To utilise the aggregates while preserving the area’s natural values and recreational opportunities. Context The extractive operations of Porvoo’s Kråkö area began in the 1930...
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Environment Working with the local community to create a unique area of biodiversity Rudus Oy - CRH
April 10, 2023 Biodiversity Case Study

Working with the local community to create a unique area of biodiversity

Objective Gravel pit and ground water reservoir in Porvoo, Skogsgård. The gravel pit was located in the archipelago of Porvoo in Vessö island. Total size of the gravel pit was approximately 25 he...
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Environment The alliance of environmental engineering and public works to recreate ecosystems Carrières et Ballastières de Normandie – EUROVIA
April 10, 2023 UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016

The alliance of environmental engineering and public works to recreate ecosystems

Objective The alliance of environmental engineering and public works to recreate ecosystems. Context Since the end of the 1990s, the Yville-sur-Seine gravel extraction site is operated by Car...
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