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The Catalan quarries celebrated the 'day of the trees and the arid'
14/04/2009
April 14, 2009
Several quarries and Catalonia like host tomorrow, April 15, the visit of half thousand of students of primary and secondary, on an open day to promote awareness of the nature and its protection. The 'day of trees and aggregates', which this year will celebrate its second edition, part of the Countdown 2010-Save Biodiversity agreement, whereby the whole of the European aggregates industry is committed to actively promoting the protection of biodiversity on their farms.
Companies that have been involved with the initiative have developed a programme of activities which seeks to combine the training action with leisure. Schoolchildren attending, aged between 9 and 18, will have the opportunity, even contribute to the projects of recovery of natural spaces that usually develop extractive activities through a planted trees in the already exploited areas that are in a restoration.
The celebration of the day II of trees and aggregates in Catalonia is an initiative of the Gremi d'Àrids of Catalonia and the rest of associations of manufacturers of aggregates in statewide (Anefa, Arival and Aga), grouped together in the Federation of aggregate (FdA). This year, the activity will also have the collaboration of the Group of manufacturers of cement Spain (Oficemen), with the contribution of various quarries to the day.
(Ii) day of the trees and the arid is an initiative of the Gremi d'Àrids of Catalonia and the rest of associations in the Federation of aggregate.
Related Companies or Entities
Agrupación de Fabricantes de Cemento de España
Asociación Nacional de Empresarios Fabricantes de Áridos
Gremi d'Àrids de Catalunya
