EcoAndina project in Laguna de Pozuelos biosphere reserve. In the north and northwest of Jujuy province (Argentina), people are finding that solar energy, a clean and inexhaustible source, can replace firewood, which is increasingly scarce. The EcoAndina Foundation is showing the way through a series of projects.
Read more →Nicaragua Joint Programme - Empowering communities. The Nicaragua Joint Programme implemented its project in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve in close collaboration with indigenous communities dispersed along rivers, in remote, difficult to access mountainous terrain, covered by tropical rainforest. Vulnerabilities related to extreme weather events, such as torrential rains,
Read more →Sustainable tourism experience in World Heritage Site Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California. Cabo Pulmo is a conservation success story of local, national, and international significance. In the 1970s-80s, rampant overfishing severely degraded the reef. Local communities recognized that fact, and petitioned the government
Read more →Strengthening community ties via solar energy. 2,000 Warao Indian households in the lower Orinoco Belt have access to electricity supplied by hundreds of photovoltaic systems installed and maintained by the local Ruta de la Energía Solar (Path to Solar Energy) association. Launched in 2006, this rural electrification
Read more →A case of innovation in Global Sustainability Governance. Prevents emission of 400 millon tonnes of CO2 keeping the oil underground in Yasuní biosphere reserve. The Yasuni-ITT Initiative aims to avoid extraction of 20% of the oil reserves of Ecuador which is committed to achieve up to 95% of
Read more →Production and Marketing of Dehydrated Fruits and Vegetables with solar Energy in “Quebrada de Humahuaca” World Heritage Site, Argentina. This project promotes the development and creation of agricultural enterprises by giving training, technical assistance, transfer of technologies about the processing of fruits and vegetables, in small scale,
Read more →An active system that would be inserted into an ecosystem. El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve is characterized by its uncommon scenic beauty and enormous biodiversity. It hosts 553 species of plants, 46 of mammalians, 237 species of birds, 45 of reptiles and 4
Read more →PV system-based rural electrification. Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha biosphere reserve. On 27 August 2012, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved the financing for one million dollars for ACCIONA Micronergía Perú (ACCIONA Microenergy Peru) for the purchase of 1,700 Domestic PV Solar (DPVS) units, as well as an additional $300,000 donation towards
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