Creating A New Resource: The Five Kingdoms of Nature

Ashok Khosla Amsterdam 20 April 2006

Creating A New Resource: The Five Kingdoms of Nature

Energy Services

Development Alternatives

Resource Gross Potential Achieved

Wind 45000 MW 1628MW

Solar thermal 35 MW/sq km -

Solar photovoltaic 22 MW/sq km 2.24 MW

Biomass 3500 MW 381 MW

Small Hydro 15000 MW 1663 MW


Zero Emission Research &

Initiatives (ZERI)

A Case Study from Colombia


Colombia

The Savannah in Vichada

trees along rivers only

Water is abundant 3 months per year

but the pH low


Trees do

not grow in

soil with

Low pH


population

suffers

from

gastro-

intestinal

diseases

and soil

considered

BAD

population

only 1 per 4 km2

no industry

no agriculture


Savannah Tropical

Forest

Biodiversity

Sustainable

Communities

Drinking Water

Carbon Sink

Biodiesel


Carbon Sink

Drinking Water

Sustainable Livelihood

Creation of Tropical Forest

regeneration of biodiversity

Production of Biodiesel

...... and so much more

each Program separately

would cost big money

as an integrated sytem

it can sustain itself


HOW

?


First

select

the tree

species

Caribbean Pine

not dominant

water friendly


Second

search for

symbiosis with

mycorrhizal

fungi

Pisolithus tinctorius


Third

create

tree nursery

drenching

trees in

fungus

Pisolithus tinctorius

+

Pinus caribbea


Fourth

prepare

treeling

for harsh life

in the

savannah

cutting the roots short

cutting the tops off only survivors are

planted in the forest

92% survival rate


Fifth

Design

planting

system

1,000 HA

three months

one tree every 2

seconds


Fifth

mono-

culture

generates

biodiversity

creation

of a humus cap birds, bees and wind

create the link with the other forests

Development Alternatives Humus Cap Reduces pH


Sixth

forest

becomes an

economic

engine

thriving on

diversity

tapping the trees

for resin


Factory

Processing

Colofonia

Forest

Producing

Colofonia resin

Seven

create

value

added

and jobs


Seven

create

value

added

and jobs


Eight

diverse

forest

generates

drinking

water Drinking Water

Production

10 percent

increase in

precipitation


13 cu m (tonnes) of

pure drinking water

added for each ha,

each day

Development Alternatives Gaviotas water crystal by Dr. Masaru Emoto


if you sell 1 cu m of water per day

or 1,000 one-litre bottles

at the same price as Bisleri

This is the result of a systems approach to

sustainable development

then you secure the financing of

reforestation of 8,000 ha

over the next 25 years


if you plant 1,100 trees on one HA



you have to remove 500 trees

between Y6 and Y10

this provides

About 200,000 Tons of wood while

securing biodiversity,

drinking water, biodiesel and

lush forest growth


if you plant 100 palm trees per HA

then you start generating biodiesel

after 36 months,

1 tonne per ha per year!

8,000 ha provides 4 million liters of

biodiesel per year

while securing biodiversity,

drinking water, trees for paper and

lush forest growth




self-

sufficient in

water, food,

and

energy

Biodiesel


community generates

1 job every 4 HA

of regenerated rainforest

Fixing up to 18 tons of CO2/HA

for a total of 108 to 162,000 tons

per year

because you are drinking water from

Las Gaviotas?



Development Alternatives Las Gaviotas


Renewables

Development Alternatives Solar

Development Alternatives Indigenous


savannah to forest

generates carbon sink

factor 16 in 5 years

forest created with fungus

increases precipitation

generates drinking water

forest and water generate

jobs and sustainable

communities, and more


creation

of the

republic

of music


over the past 21 years

there has been

no combat

no kidnapping

no denunciation

of human rights violations

in and around

Las Gaviotas and Marandúa




largest carbon sink

converting savannah into lush

forest

6,300,000 Hectares

from the

Government of Colombia

Plus Thousands More

from the Army


Project Summary Gaviotas I Gaviotas II

Years of Reforestation 1992-2004 2005-2030

Extension 8,000 HA 6,300,000 HA

Carbon Sink 25t/year/HA

trees (14 T/HA), undergrowth

and top soil (11 T/HA)

2.4 million Tons

(12 years)

10 million Tons (50

years)

3.9 billion Tons (25 years)

7.8 billion Tons (50 years)

Population 1,800 in rural

communities

est. 5-10,000,000 in

biocities

Full Time Jobs 200 est. 1,000,000 120,000 direct/ 880,000 indirect

Natural Drinking Water

50 m3/HA/day 110,000 m3/day 60 million m3/day


Investment Cost

US$ 1,000/HA planting and

maintenance

8 million US$ 6.6 bn US$

Funding 25% grant from Japan TBD

Biodiversity 250 new species

90% of Amazon origin TBD

Partners NGO Las Gaviotas

Japanese Government

Colombia, Japan, EU

Private Companies, Las

Gaviotas

Main Products Colophon / turpentine/

water

Agroproduce, wood chips,

biodiesel, rubber, water,

carbon sink

Land Ownership Las Gaviotas

Community

No man's land, Colombian

Government, Colombian

Military, colonists

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