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History The Quarry Life Award (QLA) is an international scientific and educational contest where HeidelbergCement invites researchers, students and citizens to submit a biodiversity projects in its quarries around the world. The competition takes place every two years and runs simultaneously at national and international levels. Its aim is to raise the awareness of the organic value of mining sites and to find new ways to further enhance it. Deadline to submit a project proposal: 20 November 2017. Find out more here [http://www.quarrylifeaward.com/about/how-participate] A mining site provides a great variety of landscapes and habitats and presents low level of disturbance from human activities. As a leading cement & aggregates producer, HeidelbergCement is committed to managing biodiversity during and after extraction. In more than 1000 quarries and pits worldwide we strive to promote the exceptional local flora and fauna. We believe that research projects can raise the knowledge of the biological value of mining sites and contribute to further protect and promote biodiversity. Today, students and researchers help us reach that goal! Over the past 3 editions of the Quarry Life Award, more than 1100 projects proposals were submitted, out of which 269 were selected to take part in the research period. These projects involved nearly a thousand researchers and reached out to thousands of stakeholders. In 3 editions, the national and international winners were granted over...