The Green Deserts Project - Using the Waterboxx
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The Green Deserts project
Life+ 2009-2014
ECCA Conference - Climate Change, 20/03/2013, Hamburg, by Sven Kallen, Director Transfer Consultancy
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Spain – frontier fight against climate change
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Objectives1. Prove technical and economicfeasibility of Groasis Waterboxx
3. Involve local communities4. Clarify best combination of soils, trees, and application methods
¨Deal with desertification of abandoned areas (dry, bare) which used to be lungs for the capture of CO 2, sources of food
production and landscape .¨
2. Disseminate concept
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Participants
Universidad de ValladolidAquapro
Sylma
Diputación de León
Ayuntamiento de Riofrío de Aliste
Diputación de Valladolid
Ayuntamiento de San Mateo de Gállego
Transfer Consultancy
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The scope of the project
- Valladolid- León- Zamora- Zaragoza - Barcelona
55,000 saplings65 Ha.5 areas
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The scopeFACTS: LeónAltitude 1600-1800 mSlope of 39,6 %No water retentionSnow 8 months/year
FACTS: ZamoraOld quarry Altitude of 900 mStrong winds high rainfall in winter
FACTS: ZaragozaAltitude of 300 mHigh degraded soilDesertification(Los Monegros)
FACTS: BarcelonaAltitude of 100-300 mHills suffered forest firesLow water retention capacityStony soil
FACTS: ValladolidAltitude of 800 mFormer illegal waste dumpsDry summers & cold winters
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Actions
�Characterisation and selection of species and lots�Preparation of saplings�Realisation of the Waterboxxesand capillary drill�Planting of the saplings�Maintenance, control and technical monitoring
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Innovation: Groasis Waterboxx
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Planting
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Control & monitoring (1)
Damage by frost and low temperatures
Damage by wildlife: moles, rabbits, wild boars…
o 10% trees planted without Waterboxx as control groupo Random sampling of 5-10% o Measurement of different factors (survival, growth, etc.)o Analysis of problems
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Control & Monitoring (2)
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Control & monitoring (3)
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State of project – firstconclusions
The Groasis Waterboxx looks like a goodtool to improve survival rates of trees, butother factors are at play:
o Quality of the saplingo Correct positioning of Waterboxxo Maintenanceo Animals
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Communication - Local awareness
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Cooperation with other Life+
• LIFE Delta Lagoon - Sant Carles de la Rapita (Tarragona)-Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre
• LIFE Reserva Campanarios de Azaba (Salamanca)-IRTA
Campanarios de AzabaDelta del Ebro-Sant Carles de la Rapita
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The web: all content in 2 languages
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Publicity
La Opinión de ZamoraLa CrónicaEl Mundoetc
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Action!
Involvement lessons: • Involve people & local communities: offer concrete activities• Grasp attention: short articles, video, social media, …• People see the issues (desertification, habitat loss, etc.) but feel
rather powerless: give them inspiration!
As a team we learned: • “It’s the SOIL stupid!”• Develop new projects to deal with deserted, dry, bare lands
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New LIFE projects
Operation CO 2: Climate change project, 2 lines of action:- Carbon credits for forest conservation (4.000 Ha.) for the
voluntary market- Integral agroforestry systems (2 * 25 Ha.), pre-certification
All info at: www.operationCO2.com
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¡Muchas gracias!For more information, please check:
• www.thegreendeserts.com• The Green Deserts on Facebook• Youtube channel
Or contact:
• [email protected] (Sven Kallen)