Already it is under way the second edition of the ‘Quarry Life Award'

After the success achieved in the ‘Quarry Life Award 2012', the Group HeidelbergCement, world-wide referent in the production of arid for the construction, launches the second edition of the international contest of investigation and education on biodiversity in quarries.

Through the ‘Quarry Life Award', the company tries to promote the projects of investigation so that there is a greater knowledge all over the world of the biological value of these emplazamientos of extraction equipment equipment of arid. In the first edition, no only achieved extraordinary scientific results, but innovaron educational concepts and of project.

The official date of registration in the ‘Quarry Life Award 2014' began on 17 September 2013. Until 1 March 2014, will be able to present proposals of projects in five different categories in any one of the 21 countries participants, included Spain. It is to stand out that Indonesia, Canada, Turkey and EE UU participate for the first time to this contest.

The categories in which they can present the proposals are: ‘Public Awareness', ‘Promotion of the Biodiversity', ‘Innovation and Biodiversity', ‘Biodiversity and Education' and a new category ‘Projects of Students and Students' (has created this new category so that they can participate the more youngsters).

Of the proposals presented, the jury will select five projects, that have to be finalised in September of 2014. To continuation, each one of the national juries will choose three winners. With independence of the place where present , the five projects chosen will compete of simultaneous form in the ‘International Quarry Life Award'.

In the national contest, the three better projects will be rewarded with 1.500 €, 3.000 € and 5.000 €, respectively. In the international contest, the best projects in the five categories will select in December of 2014 and will concede them a prize of 10.000 € to each one. The best project will receive a prize of 30.000 €.

The ‘Quarry Life Award, ' comments the Dr. Bernd Scheifele, CEO of HeidelbergCement, “is a glorious opportunity to show to the parts interested, like institutions, city councils, groups defenders of the environingingment and companies, that HeidelbergCement is a pioneering company in management of the biodiversity. The quarries are ideal places so much for the scientists as for the youngsters to explore the nature and therefore to expand his knowledges – and ours. The promotion of his work through our contest earns felt so much for the researchers as for our subsidiaries in distinct countries”.

For this second edition of the ‘Quarry Life Award', Hanson Hispania SAU, Spanish subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, puts to disposal of the participants the Quarry of The Medina, situated in the municipality of Oviedo (Asturias).