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Restoring our quarry ecosystems - Holcim

At Holcim we are committed to promoting healthy habitats, safeguarding natural resources and restoring ecosystems for the protection of ...

Restoring Stone Quarries for Natural Habitats & Recreational Uses

Along with restoring natural ecosystems, both the surrounding level quarry lands and the quarries themselves can be turned into parks. These ...

Applying ecosystem benefit valuation to inform quarry restoration ...

The approach was applied to different restoration scenarios (nature reserves, woodland, farmland) of three quarries. •. Investigated benefits were benign ...

Conserving and Restoring Biodiversity|Sustainability

Throughout the group we believe that balancing the conservation of ecosystems in local communities and development of the communities themselves are important ...

Quarry Restoration - IQ Lunch & Learn event - March 2021 - YouTube

Andy Littler argues that due to the very nature of old quarries and pits that there is a huge opportunity to promote increased biodiversity ...

Quarries are temporary, but their environmental impacts are forever

Restoring quarries is only one small step towards restoring nature. ... There are many examples of completed or ongoing quarry restoration ...

What is Quarry Restoration? - Booth Ventures

It breathes life back into neglected and degraded areas, promoting biodiversity and ecosystem benefits while also contributing to the well-being ...

A novel environmental restoration method for an abandoned ...

However, for a limestone quarry, restoring the ecosystem is lengthy and difficult work, because the vegetation and layers of soil are often ...

Enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services in quarry restoration ...

We conclude that quarries pose different abiotic and biotic constraints that act interdependently, hampering the attainment of effective restoration if ...

Index System to Evaluate the Quarries Ecological Restoration - MDPI

This study developed and categorized quarry ecosystem recovery indicators based on the Core Capabilities of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) ...

Biodiversity & Stability in Quarry Restoration Final Report

2005), and the hypothesis that ecosystem stability is influenced by the diversity of species coexisting in communities. (McCann 2000), are two long-recognized ...

QUARRY RESTORATION – SECI-OUTÃO IN ARRABIDA NATURAL ...

Restore the quarries using native species and minimize the impacts of quarrying ... and animal communities, and the original ecosystems, that are not aimed.

We are rewilding a quarry - here's why - YouTube

We've been given a chance by our friends at Rewilding Portugal to help restore an old quarry and help transform it into a thriving wetland ...

The Long-Term Benefits of Restoring Land After Quarrying

The importance of land restoration after quarrying is multifaceted. It contributes to environmental sustainability, enhances biodiversity, and returns value to ...

Advances in ecology restoration of abandoned quarries

Revegetation of abandoned quarries is the key to improving the ecological environment. Low water and nutrient availabilities are the primary ...

Evidence-Based Quarry Restoration | Agg-Net

Over decades the minerals industry has made a very significant contribution to the protection and enhancement of biodiversity assets in the UK, ...

Post-fire and post-quarry rehabilitation successions in ...

Resilience against sudden changes in the environment is a very desirable trait in plants used for ecosystem restoration. Mediterranean-like vegetation ...

Introducing an Ecosystem Services Approach to Quarry Restoration

This experience, in combination with the input of the MPA and RSPB,will enable a full exploration of the potential regulating, supporting, ...

What can restored quarries be? - Booth Ventures

Establishing nature reserves is a frequent and well-favoured strategy for the reclamation of former quarry sites. These expansive pieces of land ...

Quarry rehabilitation re-frames nature | WWF - Panda.org

By Gretchen Lyons, Manager of Conservation Communications at WWF International. A restoration project for the Matasaru-Fusea quarry has brought together ...