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How quarries provide a home to European endangered species - Webinar

Date

13 November, 2024

Time

14:00 - 15:30 CET

Location

Webinar

Date

13 November, 2024

Time

14:00 - 15:30 CET

Location

Webinar

According to the IUCN, more than one in ten European species are at risk of extinction, while many more face unfavourable conservation status. As highlighted in the CEMBUREAU’s Biodiversity Roadmap, limestone quarries offer unique opportunities for industry, researchers and communities to protect these species.

Join our webinar, where representatives from the European Commission, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), academia and the cement industry discuss how quarries can contribute to improving the conservation status of Europe’s protected species.

Agenda

14:00 - 14:05

Introduction by the moderator

  • Dr. Carolyn Jewell, Senior Manager Biodiversity and Natural Resources at CRH
14:05 - 14:15

Presentation on progress of CEMBUREAU’s Biodiversity Roadmap

  • Ms. Alexandra Silva, Biodiversity Project Manager at SECIL and Chair of the Biodiversity Task Force at CEMBUREAU
14:15 - 14:30

“Species protection and extractive activities in the context of EU nature legislation”

  • Mr. Przemyslaw Oginski, Policy Officer, European Commission DG-ENV, Unit D.3 Nature Conservation
14:30 - 14:45

“Informing conservation action decision and setting robust baselines with IUCN tools and data”

  • Ms. Florence Curet, Senior Programme Manager, Business and Nature, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
14:45 - 15:15

Case Studies from the Cement Industry

  • " Post-quarrying restoration as an opportunity for protected plant species: the Secil-Outão case study” by Alice Nunes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • “Return of Water Buffalo to the Werra Floodplain” by Friedrich Bayer, Senior Manager Materials Operations Services, CEMEX and Thomas Putzmann, Project Manager, CEMEX
15:15 - 15:20

Closing remarks

  • Mr Nikos Nikolakakos, CEMBUREAU, Environment & Resources Manager

Confirmed Speakers

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Nikos Nikolakakos

CEMBUREAU, Environment & Resources Manager

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Dr. Carolyn Jewell

Senior Manager, Biodiversity and Natural Resources at CRH

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Alexandra Silva

Biodiversity Project Manager at SECIL and Chair of the Biodiversity Task Force at CEMBUREAU

Przemyslaw Oginski

Policy Officer, European Commission DG-ENV, Unit D.3 Nature Conservation

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Florence Curet

Senior Programme Manager, Business and Nature, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Alice Nunes

University of Lisbon, Portugal

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Friedrich Bayer

Senior Manager Materials Operations Services, CEMEX

Thomas Putzmann

Project Manager, CEMEX