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Euro-African Business Forum on

. Renewable Energies and
Investments Increasing deforestation and the
urgent need for the Utilization of SolarEnergy in
Africa Dr. Sam Essiamah
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Ghana
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Rain Forest
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Deforestation
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Forest degradation
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• Forest degradation is today one of the greatest
  grobal problems
• West Africa for instance has lost three-fourth of
  ist vergin forests through forest clearing
• The savana is spreading 2,5 Km yearly southwards
  
  
• 30 ha of forest are being destroyed daily . and
  so forth

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Forest decline in Ghana
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School Forests for West AfricaSchulwälder für
Westafrika e.V.
Project
Tree Planting on School Compounds in Ghana as
an Instrument against Forest Degradation
Youth and Environment Club
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Aims of the Project
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• Major Points of the work in Ghana
• Tree planting of school compounds as a
  contribution against Rain Forest degradation
• Change of the attitude of the children towards
  trees or forests, that is, the children should
  delope a sense of feeling towards the importance
  of the forest.
• Transmission of theoretical und practical
  Knowledge on Tree Planting (Environmental
  Education)
• Aforestation of school compounds with shade trees
  (Lessons under Trees like former times)

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Condition of school compounds in Ghana
Gradual degradation of the Vegetation around
School Compound
Condition today before Planting
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Beginning of the Project
School children planting their desolated compound
Little Oasis springs from their depleted
Compound
(16 months after planting)
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Establishment of Dettinger Forest on Nyakrom
Meth. Pry Sch Compound
Distribution of Seadlings to School Children,
(Dec 1999
Condition of the Compound before Planting
School Children by the Planting
Condition of the Planting after 2 1/2 years
(3/2002)
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Establishment of Dettinger Forest on Nyakrom
Meth. Pry Sch Compound
Condition after 3 years (12/2002)
Lessons under Trees like former Times 4/2002
Condition of the Planting after 4 1/2 years
(6/2004)
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MAjor points of the Work on Germany
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• 1. Winning of School partnerships and Groups
  through lectures in Schools
• Negotiation of Pen Pals between Children in
  Germany and Ghana
• Information for the public through Project
  presentation at events and in the Media
• Winning of Forest Sponsorships
  
  -Taking over of planted trees in Ghana
• Sales from Ghana-made articles such as
  kente-weaved Flying- and bow ties, Bookmarks,
  Postcards etc.
• Seeking of Donations in form of money or
  materials (solar equipment, Computer ) in favour
  of the Projects

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Events in Germany
Pupils helping by selling Ghana-made Articles
Introducing the Projects a school

Canvassing for Introduction of Solar equipment
Sale of Arficles during an Event
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Sponsorship by schools
PROJECTS IN GHANA
PARTNER IN GERMANY
Schule am Habbrügger Weg, Ganderkesee Handing
over of donation for the Partner-School in
Bisease
Bisease Rom Cath. Pry School Ganderkeseer Forest


Dettinger World Shop Marathon-race for Partner
School
Nyakrom Methodist Pry School
School Forest on Compound
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Establishment of Environmental Centre on 10 ha
Plot at Ochiso
Electrical wires are available on the plot
Part of the Plot of Land
Seeking Funding to implement - Large Tree
Nursery - Experimental Plots - Peoples Forest -
Herbal Gargen -Environmental education
including the useof regenerative energy (Solar
energy)
The Plot of land is directly on a first class
road, 80 Km from Accra, the capital city
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Establishment of a Tree Nursery on the Ochiso Plot
Beginning of a Tree Nursery (2003)

Tree Nursery with the Gardiner, Mr. Sey
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Globolog-ProjectPrize-Award on 5.5.2004

• Establishment of an Office for the sister
  Association in Ghana Youth and Enviromental
  Club
• Installation of Computer, Telephone and access to
  Internet
• Linkage between Children in Ghana and Germany
  involved in the Project per Internet (E-Mail,
  Chat-the world)

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Renovation of an office in Tema, Ghana
Globolog-Preis May 2004
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Openinn of Office, April 2005
Section of the invited Guests
School Children gracing the occation
MP Hon. Obodae cutting a tape
Inside the office
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• Results in Ghana
• Trees grow within 3 years up to over 2 m high
• Number of the participatory Primary schools 1995
  4 End of 2004 70
• One of the schools involved in the Project won
  the 1. Prize of the Reafforestation Programme of
  the Ghana Government in 1988
• Donation of Benches and Black boards for schools
  
• Perchace of Plot for Tree nursery and Peoples
  Forest
• Support for disadvantaged children to go back to
  school

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Results in Germany
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• 7 School partnerships have been negotiated
• 3 Forest Sponsorships (e.g. Dettinger World Shop)
  were negotiated - Awards for Groups and Schools
  within the scope of the Agenda 21 Projects
• 3. Support from InWEnt (DSE and CDG) 3
  months Scholarships for german Students to work
  in the Project (ASA-Program).
  www.asa-programm.de
• 4. the School Forest Project has been recognized
  and labelled as official Decade of UN_Decade
  Education for sustainable development The Prize
  in form of a certficate, Logo and a flag was
  presented on 01.03.2005 in Stuttgart during the
  Education Fair.

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Energy and Forest
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Trees supply over 90 the total Energy,which
is consumed in the less developed countries
(especially in Africa). As a result,
deforestation hat a sustainable or permanent
impact on the Energy supply of Africa.
The Majority of Africans consume 30 40 Kg /year
conventional Energy. In comparison
Europeans consume 5000 6000 Kg (200 times )
On the average, an inhabitant of the so-called
developing countries needs between 50 to 700Kg
Fire wood/year. This sums up to 2,7 to 3,8
Millionen Tons daily world-wide The deficit
of fuelwood in Afrika is estimated to be higher
than 300 million m3 per year with growing
tendency. The consequences can be alleviated by
using more efficient, fuel saving mothods, solar
equipment (solar cookers ) and by
aforestation
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Consumption of Conventional Energy
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Demand of Fuelwood in Ethiopia
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Energy Consumption in Ghana
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Parabol-mirrorSolar Cooker
Introduction of a donated Solar Cooker in a
Ghanaian School. Here water is boiled in few
minutes (6/1997)
Explaning how a Solar Cooker functions to a
teacher from Africa. (Solar Conference in
Germany, Juni 2003)
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Solar cooker with flat plate collector
Optimal heat storage (Solar Institute, Jülich)
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Solar Box
With simple materials, which can easily be
obtained in Ghana, young carpenters contruct
Solar-Box (March 1998)
Finished Solar Box
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Solar Box
Explaing a Solar-Box to pupils
Experimenting with cooking of Rice
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Photovoltaic System
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1. Urban electrification Rural electrification -
Island-System for School computers 2. Health
Electrification of hospitals and Vacine
refigerators 3. Water decontamination, Water
treatment and supply 4. Processing and
conservation of agricultural products 5 Supply of
Process heat
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Solar Home System (SHS)
Conventional Energy Hydropower System
Akosombo Dam - Ghana
The Lagest man-made Dam south of the Sahara

Photovoltraic (PV) Different Pannels from Mono
und Poly Silisium Cystals
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Solar Home System (SHS)
Trained personel from Solar Energy for African
(SEFA), an Ugandan-owned Sloar company mounting
SHS
Funding US Department of nergy Solar Electric
Light Fund (SELF). Habitat for Humanity 3-5
years Loan Monthly pament
Kerosene, candles, batteries
Installed SHS costs 400 Dollars
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Water pumping
Fetching Wasser from wells with pumps powered by
Solar pannels in Damango, North Ghana
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Solux-Solar

• The SOLUX lantern (Solüx I II simple and
  RADIO-Integrated) are specifically designed for
  assembly and use in the Developing Countres.
  Internet Address
  www.solux.org
  Ludwig-Bölkow-Foundation (in Ottobrunn)
• SOLUX lanterns are sold in standard boxes
  containing sets of 100 and as sample-lantern in
  quantities of one.
• The price difference between an assembled and and
  unassembled lantern easily justifies assembling
  them in the developing world. (Per set 36
  Assembled 76) At least 10.000,00 for
  establishing a Workshop)

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Solux-Solar Lamp
Assembling Solux-Solar Lamp
Solux-Solar Lamp
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Comparison
Explaining a Solar lamp with Radio powered by
Solar pannel
Comparision Petroleum lantern with Solar lamp
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VAIT-Solar

• Seeking Funding to implement the Project in Ghana
  
• ATARI Radio integrated solar lamp is a conversion
  of kerosene lantern into solar lamp.
• Project being implemented in Afganistan
• Lamps suitable for people living especially in
  the rural areas easier to adapt.
  Leapfrogging moving
  from one Technology to another without going
  through certain Intermediate stages
• Most of the parts can be manufactured or obtained
  in Ghana
• Workshops in urban areas, latter in rural areas
• An estimated cost of a lamp will be 65

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VIAT-Solar Lamp
Petroleum lanterns are converted into VAIT-Solar
lamps
ComparisnPetroleum lantern with soot and danger
of burning
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Summary
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Solar Energy
In order to reduce pressure on the use of trees
as fuel wood the use of solar energy should be
an important key to future development in Africa.

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• Quotations
• Environmental Protection in the Industrialized
  Countries (Nord) remains imperfect if it is not
  linked with the Environmental Protection in
  the Developing Countries (South)
• Zivilisation began with the felling of the first
  tree and Zivilisation will end with the felling
  of the last tree
  
  Let all of us work on it, so that the last tree
  is not felled.
• Unterstützen Sie die Arbeit des
  Vereins
  
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• Thank you