There are 200 projects that match your search.
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2008
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2,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/07 |
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Through the project, the Tukutendere Development Interim Trust intends to get legally registered and play a role in the alleviation of poverty and empowerment of youth by participating in beekeeping and rearing of guinea fowls.
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rganise a workshop to enable it to meet formally and brainstorm in order to reach a concensus, select a Board of Trustees and come up with ideas on any other projects that can be undertaken.
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/24 |
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Diloma Mmogo Interim Nature Conservation Trust members, who are largely youth, aim to raise awareness and appreciation on environmental management. Diloma Mmogo Interim Nature Conservation Trust, which comprises of the villages of Dikhukhung, ( ... )
ng, Mmakgori, Mabole, Sekhutlane and Tshedilamolomo have realised there are issues of environmental concern that need to be addressed. The area is gradually being degraded due to indiscriminate harvesting of veld products for medicinal purposes and firewood; over harvesting of certain grass species and poaching. The active involvement of young people in environmental and natural resources
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/30 |
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Ngwao Motheo Theatre Group intends to effectively use performing arts/theatre in community mobilization and creative initiation of serious action against environmental degradation in the Kgatleng district. Botswana is faced by a serious problem of ( ... )
nmental conservation. We depend on our environment for our economy to grow, more specifically and appropriately, we need environment the environment for farming, wildlife and economical purposes. The combination of the three has proved to be a serious problem to laymen, as they cannot combine the three in a sustainable manner of environmental usage. Our country is drifting into a serious
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/15 |
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Snakes of the Desert Trust aims at conserving indigenous snake and reptile species of the Kalahari ecosystem, raising public awareness and education campaign to develop an ecotourism enterprise as a means to diversify the tourism product away from ( ... )
ence on game and cultural tourism. Snakes of the Desert Trust will conserve snakes and reptiles in-situ through the development of a snake park with ecotourism facilities as a way to curb the stemming decline in abundance and diversity of snakes in the Kalahari system through indiscriminate killing due to being perceived as problem animals. This initiative would offer youth an opportunity to be
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/05 |
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The project involves the reclamation of degraded land in the vicinity of Nlapkhwane village in North East Botswana. The land to be rehabilitated in this project is in two pieces measuring 146m by 143m by 145m by 195m, and the second piece of land ( ... )
es 344m by 309m by 212m by 285m. This land which is quite close to the village has been heavily degraded by both natural and human causes. It is characterised by very sparse vegetation cover and ever-widening gullies. The overall intention is to fence off these two pieces of land and embark on their rehabilitation through the construction of gabions and enrichment planting. Other methods of
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Botswana
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Chemicals
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/07 |
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The project aims at finding environmentally friendly methods of controlling termites. Termites are some of the most damaging pets in the tropics and can cause considarable problems in Agriculture, forestry and housing. To tackle the termite ( ... )
ms, there is a need to do a basic identification of the termite species or family and that of indigenous plant species avoided by termites. Lack of toxomic understanding of termites has been a major impediment to the study and management of tropical termates. Finally when alternative termites control methods based on indigenous knowledge systems are identified, the project will promote the use of
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/08 |
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The project aims at conducting an ethno-survey of indigenous knowledge practises in Botswana to enhance sustainable utilisation of veld products, encourage product development and marketing. CESRIKI takes cognisance of the fact that Indigenous ( ... )
dge Systems (IKS) are a vital source of knowledge development, innovation and entrepreneurship. Indigenous or local knowledge refers to the complete bodies of knowledge, know-how, practises and representations that have been maintained and developed by generations of Batswana in their interaction with the environment. These IKS represent understandings, interpretations as well as meanings and
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/27 |
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Milidzani Forest Products and Ornamental Marketing Cooperative aims at developing/enhancing capacity of its members to actively participate in the monitoring and ex-situ conservation of biodiversity through the provision of appropriate training in ( ... )
propagation and nursery management, and also in biodiversity monitoring. The project also aims to improve on the infrastructural capacity of the members of Milidzani through the construction of proper nurseries that will be used for the propagation of indigenous (especially) and other plant species. These nurseries will also be used as focal points for training and education for sustainable
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/17 |
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The aim of the project is to pilot capacity development through demonstration and hands-on training in integrated natural resources management (INRM) for biodiversity conservation and improved livelihoods. The target groups include the youth who are ( ... )
of the future. The initial youth participants are those undergoing an eighteen months horticultural apprenticeship training under the Innovative Horticultural Entrepreneurial Apprenticeship Training for the youth in Molepolole (INHOE). The other project beneficiaries will be the agro pastoral community who are members of the Semarule dam group to which Thari Ya Banana (TYB) is a member. It is
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/29 |
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Kgetsi ya Tsie Tswapong Hills Women's Resource Enterprise Community Trust (KyT) aims at enhancing the capacity of KyT women in packaging and competitive marketing of veld products especially the morula products. The activities undertaken will ( ... )
bute to improvement of livelihoods in the rural areas, alleviation of poverty, generation of household income, creation of jobs and overall economy of Botswana. Linking the indigenous knowledge base of natural resources such as morula products to the international markets will create incentives for the sustainable use and conservation of natural resources through women participation.
The
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/16 |
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Matlapana Community Trust aims at conserving natural resources through establishment of a botanical reserve, aquarium and cultural centre to cater for ecotourism activities. The proposed activities will have far reaching global benefits through ( ... )
vation of some endangered and threatened species found in the Okavango Delta. The Okavango Delta is of international importance as it is the largest Ramsar site and the only inland Delta in the worl heavily endowed with natural and fish resources and world known tourist destination with a lot of tourism enterprises offering the world first class wilderness experience.
The establishment of an
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2007
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48,070.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/03 |
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The aim of the project is to come up with data and information through a participatory process that can be used to address/mitigate human-carnivore conflict, and hence enhance conservation of large carnivore and improve communal livelihoods through ( ... )
d human-carnivore conflict.This project by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) intends to look at problem analysis of human-carnivore conflict in the Chobe Enclave communal area of Botswana. The project will come up with a new approach to addressing human-carnivore conflict; a participatory problem analysis and an all stakeholder mitigation strategy. The proposed project will focus on all large
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/25 |
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Tshole Trust aims at educating the public on environmental and health effects of used oil and its proper disposal as well as providing the public with easily accessible and identifiable means of used oil disposal to safe guard the environment.
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n documented worldwide that where used oil is processed the product has higher energy content than the virgin lubricant oil. Therefore, recycling used oil could protect the environment, save energy and help decrease dependence on foreign oil since Botswana does not mine any crude oil. The project will protect the environment from used oil, and save forests, water resources and disturbance to the
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/23 |
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Samochima Interim Conservation Trust aims at building consensus on strategies for development of fish industry and ecotourism related enterprises. The project will solve the upsurge in commercial fishing in the Okavango Panhandle and decline of such ( ... )
es is not desirable as it is the livelihood of the people in the Okavango area, especially women. The envisaged legal entity will empower and accord the community (especially women) a chance to fully realise their potential allowing them to fully address issues related to HIV/AIDS, gender, poverty and sustainable use of fishery
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/28 |
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The project will aloow the Ngamiland CBNRM Forum to meet and fully explore avenues and ways of trnsforming itself into a legally registered entity with a fulltime secretariat. This will allow the forum to access requisite funding that it is unable ( ... )
. The funds will be used for a workshop to build consensus, share ideas and come up with strategies of transforming the forum into a legally registered entity. The project will enable the Ngamiland CBNRM forum to meet and come up with prioritized concrete proposals and initiatives that will need to be undertaken to ensure the CBNRM forum is transformed. The workshop will also enable the CBOs to
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/01 |
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The project aims at rehabilitating and sustainably utilizing Tsaro lodge as a vehicle for community involvement in eco-tourism. Tsaro lodge is an ideal asset that offers the community a chance to further consolidate its involvement in photographic ( ... )
m activities. The tourism venture will provide an opportunity for hands-on, acquisition of the much needed prerequisite skills in the tourism industry, income and benefiting from the spin-off activities.
The Khwai Development Trust (KDT) of Khwai is amongst the first CBOs to embrace nad adopt the community based natural resources management (CBNRM) programme. The Khwai settlement has a small
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Botswana
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International Waters
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2007
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50,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/19 |
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The Okavango Fishers Association is an organisation that was formed in 1999 with the objective of furthering the interests of fishers in discussions with governments and other stakeholders in the area. The association is composed of individuals and ( ... )
ates that fish within the waters of the Okavango delta. The most prominent and active member of this association are the Boiteko Syndicate, whose membership are derived mainly from Samochima and surrounding settlements.
There have been so many developments in the fishing industry over the past few years, which have impacted on the livelihoods of the fishers in general. Some of these
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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43,934.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/18 |
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Somarelang Tikologo (ST), has designed an urban agriculture project that is intended to create community economic empowerment, food security, improve nutrional intake for low income families, whislt increasing environmental awreness and improvement ( ... )
urban environment. The Urban agriculture for Community Empowerment Project (UCEP) includes a thorough community assessment phase followed by general training on environmental issues, organic gardening, harvesting and selling produce, and nutrition. ST will advise and monitor the progress of the UCEP including educational awareness, yield of crops, improvement of nutrition, income generation or
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/04 |
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Madandume is renowned as the socio-economic and centre of what has since emerged to be known as Tutume village, a Sub-District headquarters that provides a myriad of cultural and government services. It is part of a community that has evolved within ( ... )
ume river and its catchment. These natural features are important in influencing the socio-economic, cultural and environmental heritage of the community.
The project aims to enhance /develop the socio-economic, environmental and cultural heritage of the Madandume community and their capacity to actively participate in the socio-economic, environmental and cultural heritage initiatives through
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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45,630.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/01 |
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The project aims at reducing environmental pressure and green house gas emissions by introducing solar battery charging services that will reduce the use of paraffin, disposable batteries and small petrol generators. Furthermore, the project will ( ... )
n the dissemination of information on renewable energy by promoting a renewable energy technology that up to now has little exposure in Botswana, which if proved to be successful may be replicated in other villages. Moreover, it will support activities to lower perception barriers of the operators and users, and reduce technical barriers. Twelve Solar Battery Charging Stations (SBCS) will be made
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