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Jan 21st, 2005 - 13:23:50 |
Chandan
Greenpower's first project in Similipal Reserve will be the installation of 50 biogas units in Similipal Tiger Reserve. The following text will describe the role of biogas in the reserve:
With over a thousand villages outside the reserve, the demands on the local forests are extensive. Among the most ecologically devastating of these demands is for fuel wood. Wood is harvested from the forests further degrading the quality of viable habitat. This degradation causes reductions in ungulate populations, and therefore depletion of tiger populations.
The first component of Greenpower’s Conservation and Development project outside Similipal Reserve is the installation of 50 biogas units in villages surrounding the reserve. Biogas units use fermented manure as a source of reliable power for villages. This power source provides a reliable alternative to fuel wood, and decreases the demands on the forest dramatically. It is estimated that each unit saves 1500 metric tonnes of fuel wood.
In addition to this, the by-product is extremely fertile manure. In Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve agricultural yields were increased by 25% as a result of the manure. Finally, biogas units are responsible for a dramatic improvement in the respiratory health of tribal women, who generally tend the wood fires and breath the smoke.
GPI is currently developing a project that will work on Tiger Conservation and Poverty Alleviation in the tribal population in Mayurbhunj district of Orissa, India . This project will tie in a community-based approach to reducing poverty and saving Tiger populations. The first of the 50 bio gas units will be installed on the 15th of January 2005.
Michael Manulik , Founder member of Greenpower Canada, will be inaugrating the first two units at lakshmiposi Village on the 18th of jan,2k5
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