Biodiversity training for France

France’s national union of quarry and construction materials industries (Unicem) is to join forces with the French aggregates association (UNPG) to launch a new biodiversity training programme. The new initiative will aim to provide 5000 staff in 1000 French quarries with a better understanding of how biodiversity and quarrying activity fit together.
April 3, 2012 Read time: 1 min

France’s national union of quarry and construction materials industries (1850 Unicem) is to join forces with the French aggregates association (1613 UNPG) to launch a new biodiversity training programme. The new initiative will aim to provide 5000 staff in 1000 French quarries with a better understanding of how biodiversity and quarrying activity fit together.

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