Biodiversity monitoring in the restored quarry La Chanta

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 48 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Alonso Moreno R, Sánchez Torres R, García Martínez I (2024). Biodiversity monitoring in the restored quarry La Chanta. Version 1.0. Holcim Spain. Samplingevent dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/jskgvb

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Holcim Spain. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ae41a408-9c81-493b-9a42-35c3b34ed1d7.  Holcim Spain publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Spain.

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Geographic Coverage

La Chanta is an old limestone quarry currently owned by Holcim Spain, located in Alcarria de Alcalá, in the municipality of Corpa (Madrid, Spain). After the cessation of mining activity, the original Restoration Project was modified for an innovative one that would accommodate the conservation and enhancement of the new habitats that had been generated, such as wetlands, rocky outcrops of different natures, grasslands, incipient shrub formations, etc and that they were being colonized by species with a certain level of vulnerability and ecological importance. In March 2021, a stewardship agreement was signed between Holcim Spain and Brinzal. Since then, this NGO has been in charge of, among other things, managing the use of the territory and the different infrastructures, as well as monitoring and promoting biodiversity.

Project Data

La Chanta was a limestone quarry currently owned by Holcim Spain, located in Alcarria de Alcalá, in the municipality of Corpa. It is the result of Holcim's biodiversity strategy, a corporation that has opted for a new model of rehabilitation of mining spaces, demonstrating that it is possible to achieve a positive net balance in biodiversity after its restoration. Following the execution of restoration activities in 2020, in March 2021 a stewardship agreement for five years and extendable in usufruct was signed between Holcim Spain and Brinzal. Since then, Brinzal has been in charge of carrying out standardized and regularly maintained monitoring over time of an important variety of faunal and flora groups to objectively assess their evolution.

Sampling Methods

Each faunal or floral group is monitored using a standardized protocol.

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