North Devon Biosphere Reserve How to stem the outflow of £300 M per annum spent on energy and turn it into local investment and good resource management? Photo Gallery (SEAP) for the Biosphere as part of
Lire la suite →How can solar lights save tigers in the Sundarbans biosphere reserve? The use of a renewable non-polluting and viable source of energy that at one go helps tackle human-animal conflict and also lights up the lives of communities. This is the goals of the new, innovative method
Lire la suite →Promoting the use of solar energy by empowering women of remote rural communities. Sur 17 News Archives 2014, UNESCO and its local partner, ‘the Gorilla Organization’, presented solar equipment (I.E. des panneaux solaires, Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and, solar lanterns and electronic components) to a village in the Volcans Biosphere Reserve in Rwanda,
Lire la suite →Provide clean energy to rural communities in Congo’s Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site A second hydroelectric project was started on a river that runs through Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once online, the hydropower plant will provide 12.5 megawatts of clean
Lire la suite →Training on solar energy to boost electrification in 12 African countries UNESCO Dakar is co-organizing a workshop on solar energy from 9-13 December 2013 in Dakar, Senegal. Certains 30 participants from 12 French-speaking African countries will be trained in the installation and maintenance of photovoltaic systems, an
Lire la suite →Castellet (Barcelona, Espagne) November 14-15, 2013. This first workshop, aimed at defining the new strategy in favour of renewable energy in the 45 biosphere reserves that make up the Spanish network, is organized by the Autonomous Authority for National Parks (OAPN), the Abertis Foundation, and the Spanish Network
Lire la suite →Dans le cadre du 40e anniversaire du Congrès international de l'UNESCO “Le soleil au service de l'humanité”, française de l'environnement et de l'Agence de gestion de l'énergie (ADEME), le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) et l'UNESCO organisent conjointement sur 3 Octobre 2013, une initiative internationale sur “Les énergies renouvelables
Lire la suite →École UNESCO en Europe du Sud-Est. En partenariat avec l'initiative RENFORUS. Dubrovnik, Croatie, 29 Septembre - 4 Octobre 2013. UNESCO School in South East Europe represents a unique educational opportunity to enhance capacity-building in sustainable energy by conveying in a single venue a substantial capital of knowledge
Lire la suite →Photo Gallery. La centrale hydroélectrique Mutwanga va fournir une énergie propre aux communautés rurales qui en dépendent le plus ancien parc national d'Afrique. Most residents in the area currently rely on dirty and
Lire la suite →L'accord-cadre stratégique a été signé par le Directeur général de l'UNESCO, Mme. Irina Bokova et Senior Gestion de la direction de Panasonic Corporation, M.. Takumi Kajisha, sur Juin 18, 2013, à Phnom Penh au Cambodge, à l'occasion de la 37e session du Comité du patrimoine mondial.
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