Geothermal energy in “Agua y Paz” biosphere reserve, Costa Rica. Miravalles geothermal field, the most important Costa Rican geothermal area, is located on the southwestern slope of the Miravalles volcano. The present development extends over an area of more than 21 km2; about 16 km2 are dedicated
Read more →Sustainable woodfuel improves rural livelihoods in Niokolo-Koba biosphere reserve – World Heritage site. The objective of the Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project is to meet an important part of the rapidly growing urban demand for household fuels, without the loss of forest cover and the ecosystem’s carbon
Read more →Connecting homes and schools to clean energy sources in Yabotí biosphere reserve. Cooking, heating water, or the house during winter, reading, listening to the radio, charging your phone, using the computer, watching TV – most people take these activities for granted in the 21st century, but for
Read more →A collective initiative in Bundala biosphere reserve. The Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka’s first wetland to be declared a Ramsar site and a biosphere reserve under UNESCO is today facing tough times in the face of invasive plants encroaching the natural habitat of the wetland. The spread
Read more →Support local activities to conserve the 2,000 year-old Ifugao rice terraces World Heritage Site. In 1995, UNESCO registered the Ifugao Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras as a World Heritage Site. The World Heritage Committee described the rice terraces as “outstanding examples of living cultural landscapes. They
Read more →Andes village runs on solar energy in Laguna de Pozuelos biosphere reserve. A pioneering solar energy project is using green technology to improve the lives of isolated villagers living beyond the reach of power lines on Argentina’s windswept Andean plains. Llama-herding communities have relied on firewood to
Read more →Protect the landscape and environment of eco-tourism in Cu Lao Cham island biosphere reserve. Cu Lao Cham each year welcomes about 100,000 visitors from home and abroad. Today, more than 2,500 people living on the island daily use water from rainwater storage and spring water. People’s Committee
Read more →EcoAndina initiative in Las Yungas biosphere reserve. A Kiosco SOLAR, or solar kiosk, is one of several solar powered mobile food carts in operation in northern Argentina. The project to introduce the food carts is sponsored by Fundación EcoAndina. Each kiosk consists of a wheeled trolley, waterproof
Read more →Marine Energy Park project in the surroundings of the Braunton Burrows-North Devon biosphere reserve. The discussion document, “Bristol Channel Energy: A Balanced Technology Approach”, proposes a new strategy to harness the massive energy potential of the Bristol Channel in a way which balances the imperative to generate
Read more →Renewable energy cooperatives in Rhön biosphere reserve. “What’s impossible for the individual can be achieved by many.” This cooperative principle from the nineteenth century neatly sums up the approach taken by the people managing the Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen Energie eG (FWR). How can we combat climate change?
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