Floating Bio-digesters for Waste Management and Energy Recovery in Tonle Sap biosphere reserve. The Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in South-east Asia. It is connected to the Mekong River by the Tonle Sap River. The ecological importance of Tonle Sap was recognised in 1997 when
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 →Honours project in environmental sustainability. Purpose of the Project To establish the economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits of alternative energy sources in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere in order to assess the financial and yield feasibility of alternative energy development. The Frontenac Arch Biosphere’s board of directors
Read more →El Hierro biosphere reserve, RE island strategy. The island of El Hierro, with a population of 12,000 inhabitants, will become by the end of 2013 the first island territory in the world able to power itself entirely from renewable energy sources. For the first time the traditional
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
Read more →Multi-Country – Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger — W-Park Biodiversity Pilot Project in Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage site. Key objectives To promote the conservation of biodiversity and fight desertification while fulfilling the basic needs – such as safe drinking water, health care and rural electrification – of
Read more →ERGAL project. Archipiélago de Colon (Biosphere reserve and World Heritage site). The project ERGAL – Proyecto Energías Renovables para Galápagos – is coordinating the implementation of renewable energy projects at the archipelago of Galápagos, Ecuador. Currently, this concerns projects on all inhabited islands, in particular a 700 kW
Read more →Locally – Renewably – Efficiently. North Karelian biosphere reserve. The Climate and Energy Programme of North Karelia presents a plan of action for the North Karelia region on climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Climate and Energy Programme implements the climate targets set out in the European
Read more →Beinn Eighe biosphere reserve. Used funds from a local wind farm to improve energy efficiency in rural households. The largely rural area of South West Scotland has high unemployment and low incomes. There are more than 15 wind farms operating or under construction in the area and others
Read more →Sunderban women wield the power of the sun TERI, in collaboration with the Ramakrishna Mission (RKM), is empowering the women of the Sunderbans biosphere reserve to promote the use of solar power. This pilot project has successfully created viable enterprises, on the supp ly side, targeting women
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