Renewable energies and Smart Grid Test-Bed Jeju was designated a Biosphere Reserve in 2002, World Natural Heritage Site in 2007 and a Global Geopark in 2010. Jeju has now become a ‘treasure island of environmental assets’ that the world has to preserve. The sunny and windy climate
Read more →Zero fossil fuels on the Galapagos Islands Situated in the Pacific Ocean some 1,000 km from the South American continent, these 19 islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique ‘living museum and showcase of evolution’. The Galapagos Islands, officially called Archipiélago de Colón,
Read more →An island powered by the Sun Low Isles is a coral cay located 15 km off Port Douglas on the northern Queensland coast and is within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The Low Isles is surrounded by Marine National Park Zone (IUCN Category II). Low
Read more →The first 100% Renewable Energy Island The island of El Hierro, nicknamed the “Meridian Island”, has a population of 11,030 inhabitants and an area of 269 km2. It was declared a biosphere reserve in 2000. It is the smallest island of the Canary archipelago and a sustainability
Read more →Towards 100% power from renewable energy sources and Energy Region Six villages within a single alpine valley form the Grosses Walsertal Biosphere Reserve, situated in the western part of Austria. The valley is a prime example of a living cultural landscape, where, since its occupation by the
Read more →Improving the sustainable operation of a World Heritage Site The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aldabra Atoll is an important conservation and research area. The atoll comprises four large coral islands which enclose a shallow lagoon; the group of islands itself is surrounded by a coral reef.
Read more →Forest preservation through wood-saving stoves Kafa is the birthplace of wild coffee, Coffea arabica, where it has been consumed for more than 1,000 years. There are now close to 5,000 wild varieties of coffee in this biodiversity hotspot. A unique coffee culture is deeply ingrained in the
Read more →Green energies to preserve a World Heritage site Virunga National Park is located at the heart of the conflict, and straddles the border between the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda. Home to some of the world’s last remaining Mountain Gorillas,it is Africa’s first national park, a World Heritage
Read more →Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership Project In 1995, the Ifugao Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras were inscribed in the World Heritage List. For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation
Read more →Bio-fuelled district heating A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic from the 12th to the 14th century. Its 13th-century ramparts and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants’ dwellings from the same period
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