Enhancing biodiversity
Enhancing biodiversity is important to us. The changing environment in a quarry or gravel pit can contribute to biodiversity in a very special way, even during operation.
Today a lot of habitats and species are endangered due to a growing human population using natural resources in an irresponsible way. NCC:s quarries and gravel pits, with their exposed surfaces of sand, gravel or rock, offer an attractive environment for many species that are displaced when dense vegetation establishes. In those sites, the soil is normally poor in nutrients and different parts are often exceptionally sunlit or shady. Many flowering herbs are thriving in these kinds of grasslands.
Within a relatively small operational area that is disrupted continuously, like the quarry or gravel pit, the natural environments are often more varied than in the pristine neighboring area. This makes our sites truly unique and creates opportunities to benefit biodiversity and species both during operation and when rehabilitating. Make a conscious choice and use aggregates from a sustainable site bursting with biological life.
NCC has developed a common method to implement solutions to maintain and promote biodiversity in quarries and gravel pits. We call it NCC Kielo- Our living site.
Here you can read more stories about biodiversity related to our sites throughout the Nordics.
