Tanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd (TPCC Ltd) AWARDS THE top three project reports for the Quarry Life Award Campaign.
Dar es Salaam 29, Oct, 2012, THE HeidelbergCement (HC) group is the global market leader in aggregates and a prominent player in the fields of cement, concrete and other downstream activities, making it one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials. The company employs some 52,500 people at 2,500 locations in more than 40 countries
Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) popularly known as Twiga Cement is a part of the HC group whose operations are in Tanzania.
The Heidelberg Group has a long history in biodiversity management, and as a company, the group has adopted a global biodiversity policy, which has been translated into sustainability ambitions 2020. In line with this, Tanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd. (TPCC) launched a three year Public Private Partnership with GIZ focusing on restoration of its previously mined quarries. This commenced in October 2010 and is ongoing until 2013.
In 2011 the Heidelberg Group launched an international scientific and educational competition called the QUARRY LIFE AWARD (QLA). The main aim of this competition was: to boost mining ecology and biodiversity; to increase stakeholder awareness on the biological value of mining sites; and to increase collaboration with the surrounding and external community. The competition was open to students and researchers to propose projects related to biodiversity conservation, education and awareness in quarries.
TPCC launched the Tanzanian chapter of the QLA in January 2012. Over 30 project proposals were received from students and researchers from various institutes in Tanzania, and the top 5 project proposals were selected by the national jury members to proceed to the next stage to develop project reports. The competition came to a close on the 28th of September 2012, in which the top five project reports were evaluated again by national jury members based on the criteria developed by the group to select the top three reports. The top three finalists were selected and will be awarded cash prizes in Tanzanian shillings as follows:
· Equivalent of 5000 Euros
· Equivalent of 3,500 Euros
· Equivalent of 1,500 Euros
The winners of the competition are:
1. In first place: Leonard Gastory Lugali, whose project was titled
“Integrated Constructed Wetland for Wastewater Treatment, Nutrient Recovery and Quarry Re-naturalization”
2. In second place: David Maleko and Eliya Mtupile whose project was titled:
“The potential of Leucaena leucocephala Pioneer Trees and Cenchrus ciliaris understory grass species in Soil Improvement and Forage Production at Wazo Hill Quarry
3. In third place: Kelvin Ngongolo and Samuel Mtoka from the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Kingupira Wildlife Research Centre whose project was titled:
“Can Revegetation of Wazo Hill Quarry Increase Butterfly Species Diversity and Abundance?”
It is hoped that the second chapter of the Quarry Life Award competition will take place again in 2014, as TPCC and the Heidelberg Group strive to make make nature the biggest winner.
More information on the Quarry Life Award can be found on the QLA website: www.quarrylifeaward.com.
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