Creating A New Resource: The Five Kingdoms of Nature

Creating A New Resource:
The Five Kingdoms of Nature

Energy Services

Ashok Khosla
Amsterdam
20 April 2006

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

Development Alternatives

Zero Emission Research &
Initiatives (ZERI)

A Case Study from Colombia


Colombia


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 km
2

no industry
no agriculture

Drinking Water

Carbon Sink
Biodiversity

Savannah
Tropical
Forest
Biodiesel
Sustainable
Development Alternatives Communities

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


Forest
Producing
Colofonia resin

Seven
create
Factory value
Processing
Colofonia added
Development Alternatives 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

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

then you secure the financing of
reforestation of 8,000 ha
over the next 25 years

This is the result of a systems approach to
sustainable development

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

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

6,300,000 Hectares
from the
Government of Colombia
Plus Thousands More
from the Army

largest carbon sink
converting savannah into lush
Development Alternatives forest

Project Summary Gaviotas I Gaviotas II

Years of Reforestation 1992-2004 2005-2030

Extension 8,000 HA 6,300,000 HA

2.4 million Tons
Carbon Sink 25t/year/HA (12 years) 3.9 billion Tons (25 years)
trees (14 T/HA), undergrowth
and top soil (11 T/HA) 10 million Tons (50 7.8 billion Tons (50 years)
years)

1,800 in rural est. 5-10,000,000 in
Population
communities biocities

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

Natural Drinking Water
110,000 m3/day 60 million m3/day
50 m3/HA/day

Investment Cost
US$ 1,000/HA planting and 8 million US$ 6.6 bn US$
maintenance

Funding 25% grant from Japan TBD

250 new species
Biodiversity TBD
90% of Amazon origin

Colombia, Japan, EU
NGO Las Gaviotas
Partners Private Companies, Las
Japanese Government
Gaviotas

Agroproduce, wood chips,
Colophon / turpentine/
Main Products biodiesel, rubber, water,
water
carbon sink

No man's land, Colombian
Las Gaviotas
Land Ownership Government, Colombian
Community
Military, colonists

Creating A New Resource: The Five Kingdoms of Nature

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