Development of Sustainable Energy for Rangelands - Phase I



Contract partner: ICIMOD - International Center for Integrated Mountain Development Country: Südasien, regional/länderübergreifend Funding amount: € 130.000,00 Project start: 01.11.2006 End: 31.07.2008

Short Description:

Overall goal


Institutions from different countries in the Himalaya-Hindukush region - active within the Austrian funded regional rangelands programme - have identified the lack of energy sources for people living off these rangelands as a main problem for livelihood, but also as a main cause of

rangeland degradation, as existing resources are overutilized.


This programme aims to strenghten various renewable energy sources and make them available to the mountain populations of the Himalaya-Hindukush region. The objective is to provide sustainable and affordable access to sufficient energy sources for daily needs (cooking, heating, electricity requirements), without further degrading the fragile rangelands, which are the source of livelihoods.


In the first phase of this programme ICIMOD is assessing the energy requirements and the already available best practices and technologies in the region.

project number 2470-00/2006
source of funding OEZA
sector Energiegewinnung /erneuerbare Energiequellen
tied
modality
marker
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  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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