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Anacamptis pyramidalis, part of Cern's natural grounds
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Cern, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, has been given a “Nature & Economie” award by the Swiss organization of that name, for its role in encouraging biological diversity at its Meyrin site.
Some 38 percent of the 80 hectares at the Meyrin site, which is on the French-Swiss border, is given over to green areas. They include natural flowerbeds where rare plant species have developed over a number of years. Between 1,000 and 3,000 plants of 19 species of orchid flower in these areas every year, including several hundred of the bee orchid – the rare and protected species Ophrys Apifera.
