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Theme 3 - Creating Environmental Improvements

  
   

Introduction

This theme focuses on the steps required to ensure that the best possible use is made of the quarry after its operational life. However, this often requires actions at the planning at operational phases in addition to actions once extraction has ceased. The ALSF has contributed to research and demonstration in three main areas:
  • Creating environmental improvements through biodiversity
    Biodiversity is the term used to describe biological diversity, which is recognised as being crucial to the sustainability of our planet. It is used to describe the variety (and variability) of all living things and the relationship between them. Quarries often have the opportunity to make a practical contribution to the conservation of biodiversity.
  • Creating environmental improvements through geodiversity
    Geodiversity refers to the variety of rocks, their associated geological features and processes within nature, and includes land-shaping processes and soils as well as bedrock geology. It underpins the extremely varied landscapes that exist in the UK. It might appear that quarrying would have an entirely negative impact, but this is certainly not the case. Excavation through quarrying reveals strata and features that would not otherwise be visible, and provides many opportunities for research, education and recreation.
  • Creating environmental improvements through restoration
    Restoration can be considered as the reclamation, rehabilitation or re-integration of an aggregate quarry to a positive after use. Restoration covers all stages of the rehabilitation process from start to finish: planning, consultation and assessment; investigation; design; implementation; and management stages.

Reviews

Title Format Size
     
Creating environmental improvements through biodiversity PDF 2.0MB
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds     View button
Creating environmental improvements through geodiversity PDF 3.8MB
David Roche Geoconsulting and the British Geological Survey     View button
Creating environmental improvements through restoration PDF 4.4MB
David Jarvis Associates and the University of Sheffield     View button
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Project Reports

Title Format Size
     
The influence of aggregate quarrying in floodplains on flood risk and biodiversity PDF 2.2MB
Capita Symonds Limited Project No. MA/1/2/007 View button
Maximising the habitat value of non-operational and restored land around mineral extraction sites PDF 1.8MB
Farming Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) Project No. MA/2/3/001 View button
Mendip Hills Bat and Dormouse Project - Phase 1 PDF 0.4MB
Farming Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) Project No. MA/4/2/020 View button
Idle Valley Wide Area Project PDF 0.6MB
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Project No. MA/3/3/010 View button
Understanding the Habitat Restoration Potential of Mineral Sites in England PDF 5.0MB
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Project No. SAMP/2/38 View button
West Sussex mineral workings biodiversity action plan PDF 12.2MB
West Sussex County Council Project No. MA/3/2/004 View button
Implementing a Sustainable Geodiversity Framework in an Area of Aggregate Extraction - the Northumberland National Park and Adjoining Area. a) Ancient Frontiers & b) Geodiversity Audit and Action Plan PDF  
British Geological Survey Project No. SAMP/2/11 2 Items
  Item a 19.5MB View button
  Item b 14.9MB View button
Environmental Sustainability in Local Government: A Geodiversity Audit, Action Plan & Interpretation Plan for Counties d) Durham & l) Leicester PDF  
British Geological Survey Project No. SAMP/1/003 2 Items
  Item d 14MB View button
  Item l 6MB View button
The Development of Geodiversity Action Plans for Aggregates Companies: A Pilot Study Additional Partner Involvement. Also see website: www.cgaps.org.uk PDF 9.5MB
Capita Symonds Limited Project No. MA/4/2/013 & 5/2/003 View button
Geodiversity Audit of Active Aggregate quarries (Devon) PDF 8.7MB
David Roche Geoconsulting Project No. MA/2/2/001 View button
Geodiversity Audit of Active Aggregate Quarries - Project Overview Report (Somerset) PDF 2.6MB
David Roche Geoconsulting Project No. MA/4/2/001 View button
Valuing Geodiversity for Conservation - a) Development of the Geodiversity Profile & b)Report of the Scoping Study PDF  
David Roche Geoconsulting Project No. MA/4/2/016 2 Items
  Item a 5.5MB View button
  Item b 0.4MB View button
GeoValue: Valuing geodiversity for the community -a) Final Report, b) Geodiversity Profile Handbook & c)Access and Safety Manual PDF  
David Roche Geoconsulting Project No. MA/5/2/001 3 Items
  Item a 5.5MB View button
  Item b 0.4MB View button
  Item c 0.4MB View button
Secure and Sustainable Slopes for Quarry & Geological Conservation PDF 9.0MB
Geoffrey Walton Practice Project No. SAMP/1/020 View button
Geodiversity in the Cotswolds PDF 10.4MB
Gloucestershire Geoconservation Trust Project No. SAMP/2/34 View button
A systems approach to geoconservation PDF 0.5MB
National Stone Centre Project No. MA/4/2/023 View button
Developing Policy & Best Practice in Relation to Restoration Following Minerals Extraction: Resolving Conflicts with Aviation PDF 4.0MB
Central Science Laboratory Project No. SAMP/1/015 View button
Quarry restoration for sustainable biomass energy production PDF 2.4MB
Cranfield University Project No. MA/3/3/009 View button
Vertical Integration: Low carbon energy production for the mineral industry PDF 4.0MB
Cranfield University Project No. MA/4/3/001 View button
The Planning and Design of Aggregate Quarries for non-agricultural After Use - a) Final Report & b) Booklet PDF  
David Jarvis Associates Project No. SAMP/2/31 & 3/B/10 2 Items
  Item a 5.4MB View button
  Item b 0.8MB View button
Planning and designing the restoration of quarries for the benefit of physically and mentally disabled - a) Final Report & b) Guide PDF  
David Jarvis Associates Project No. MA/4/3/004 2 Items
  Item a 16.5MB View button
  Item b 2.9MB View button
A Study of Current and Innovative Approaches to Site Screening and The Use Of Soil Bunds PDF 5.9MB
David Jarvis Associates Project No. MA/5/1/005 View button
Research into the design and operational use of quarry silt lagoons to provide landscape and environmental gains PDF 23.3MB
Geoplan Project No. MA/2/3/002 View button
Water-based quarry restoration – methodologies, technologies and approaches - a) Final Report & b) Appendices PDF  
Hafren Water Project No. MA/5/2/005 2 Items
  Item a 19.4MB View button
  Item b 8.6MB View button
Independent Quarry - a new model for regeneration - promoting innovative research & opportunities for community participation wilt collaboration between disciplines - in the planning, implementation and after use of a new landscape for the 21st century PDF 32.4MB
Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust Project No. MA/2/3/006 View button
Use of limestone dust and steel slag fines to remediate colliery spoil at Derwent Forest – Case Study PDF 1.3MB
Tarmac Group Project No. MA/5/2/008 View button
Reclamation Planning in Hard Rock Quarries PDF 3.0MB
University of Sheffield Project No. SAMP/1/034 View button
Yorkshire Quarry Arts PDF 1.9MB
University of Leeds Project No. MA/3/3/006 View button
Improved presentation, electronic publication of the Quarry Design Handbook PDF 0.0MB
Geoffrey Walton Practice Project No. MA/6/2/008 View button
A critical re-evaluation of the usage by disabled groups of the Church Lammas demonstration programme PDF 11.2MB
David Jarvis Associates Project No. MA/6/2/009 View button
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