The 2nd edition of the Quarries alive International Conference will be held at the University of Liège, Belgium, June 24-26, 2020, with the theme “Quarries as opportunity for
biodiversity and ecosystem services – A European approach”.
Aim
Quarries alive aims to bridge quarries and biodiversity projects around the world taking
advantage from sharing different approaches and insights. Our goal is to create an
interdisciplinary gathering to exchange experiences from scientific research projects,
technical engineering approaches and innovative pilot-studies focusing on the
enhancement of biodiversity in quarries. We will focus on projects working on habitat
management and restoration, ensuring ecological services, and uplifting the conservation
value of quarried areas.
Invitation
We welcome all researchers, practitioners, stakeholders, as well as policy makers, to take
part of this conference and share their knowledge. We challenge all actors from several
quadrants of society, from ecologists to industrial stakeholders or NGO’s to fulfill the
demand for sustainable exploitation of resources. Quarries alive 2020 will consist of two
days of conference and one day of field trip. We expected scientific presentations, but also
presentations of applied projects related to biodiversity and ecosystem services in quarries.
Registration
https://www.gembloux.ulg.ac.be/qa2020/register/.
