Reconciliation of Energy Production and Cultural Heritage Protection. Golija-Studenica Biosphere Reserve is situated in south western Serbia and belongs to the inner zone of the Dinaric mountain system. The biosphere reserve includes the Studenica Monastery, which is a cultural World Heritage site and a popular tourist attraction.
Read more →Building into the tundra. As one of the leaders in sustainable design, the National Park Service made a priority of re-modeling Eielson Visitor Center using sustainable building methods and materials. Building into the tundra. A main goal of the project was to design a low-profile building that
Read more →Cost-effective and eco-friendly: a former ammunition bunker is turned into a large-scale solar power. In Radelstetten, in the Swabian Alb hill range of southern Germany, was constructed a 1.1 MW output PV plant on the site of a former German Army ammunition dump. Up until the year
Read more →Green power for Green places – Ria Largartos biosphere reserve. Amigos Contoy A.C. signed a collaboration agreement with the Lighthouse Foundation and with the Isla Contoy National Park management in December 2005 to develop the project for “improvement and optimisation of solar and wind-generated systems for electric
Read more →Tres Virgenes Geothermal Plant. “Las Tres Vírgenes” is the most recent field in operation in Mexico. It is located in the middle of the Baja California peninsula, at the north of the state of Baja California Sur and inside the buffer zone of the El Vizcaíno Biosphere
Read more →The largest solar plant of Costa Rica built in “Agua y Paz” biosphere reserve. Built on the slopes of Miravalles Volcano, the Miravalles solar park was originally proposed by the Costa Rican Electricity Institution (ICE) and a letter of intent was signed in August by GeSolar, a
Read more →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
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