There are 463 projects that match your search.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/12 |
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This project aims at promoting better interchange and exchange of experiences and information among projects supported by SGP Brazil. The Technical-Administrative Coordination of the Program will be supported in this activity by the financial ( ... )
t offered by the project to grantees who have learned strategic lessons within the program. The Cerrado, area of activity for the SGP Brazil program, is an extensive area, and grantees do not have the financial means to cover the great distances for interchange meetings. A technical team member from these projects will have his visit to a different grantee paid for by this project. The stay, of
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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29,422.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/16 |
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This project has the formation and qualification of community agroforestry agents working toward dissemination of successful experiences in the cooperatives belonging to the Maranhão State Agroextractivist Cooperative Central. This is part of a ( ... )
gy for creation of a technology dissemination center which can satisfy the technical and research demands for sustainable production that is compatible with the regional small farming activities. This will take place in and around João Lisboa, in the state of Maranhão. More specifically, a beekeeping unit will be implemented, the community agroforestry agents will be trained and qualified, the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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29,230.76
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/01/09 |
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This project aims at conservation of fauna and flora biodiversity conservation in the Bico do Papagaio region, in the municipality of Araguatins, state of Tocantins, through conventional and native beekeeping activities. The small farmers living in ( ... )
an reform settlements will carry out these activities, in connection to reforestation of forest and fruit species having high medicinal and nutritional potential. The specific activities planned are: recovery and conservation of native and Africanized bee species; use the conventional and native beekeeping activities as a tool for education and conservation; use the experiences as a demonstrative
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/20 |
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This project will take place in São João d?Aliança, in the state of Goiás. The goals are recovery of riparian woods and cleansing of the Brancas River. Female teachers, small farmers, and mothers will be responsible for the activities proposed, ( ... )
ing stability, resistance, and Cerrado diversity in the small farming activity capable of sustainably satisfying human needs, under the ethic of care for the environment. Mobilization of the Rural Worker?s Union female members for reforestation of riparian woods in the Brancas River is planned. Community-wide discussions for local acknowledgement of the importance of water resource conservation,
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/18 |
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Communication and interchange in civil society is the main goal of this project, with the expected results of reduced occupation in a disorderly fashion of the Distrito Federal and surroundings. Conservation of the regional biodiversity and reduced ( ... )
egradation will be achieved through activities that will attract the public?s attention to these problems, such as conferences, regional meetings, meetings among NGOs, dissemination material, media coverage, and others. This will not only halt the disorderly occupation situation, which is harmful to the environment, but also help to reverse some of the negative effects brought about by the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/01/01 |
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Capybara breeding and raising facilities implemented in the municipality of Jataí, state of Goiás, enabled the alliance of this activity to fish farming, thus adding value to products originating in the remaining Cerrado areas. This brings about a ( ... )
nomic alternative for the region, with a new model for diffusion of sustainable development technology. Fish culture activities will be enabled with this project, maximizing the potential for production in the regional rural properties. This will increase the professional level of the people involved, generating higher income for these families. Interchange among the pisciculturists will be
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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19,366.66
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/01/07 |
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This project aims at continuing the activities started in the previous project, for development of beekeeping in Xingu Indigenous Park (PIX) Indigenous Villages, thus contributing to the sustainability of sociodiversity and biodiversity in the PIX. ( ... )
honey production was certified in 2000 by the federal authorities. Rational conventional and native beekeeping activities in the 22 villages where these activities are already taking place will be enforced, for implementation of a group of support initiatives for consolidation and expansion of honey production in the park. Technicians will have their training recycled and upgraded.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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7,944.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/19 |
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This project seeks to expand the medicinal plant initiative in the municipality of Rio Verde, state of Goiás. A mill will be purchased for grinding medicinal plants, seeds, roots and shells for the phytotherapeutic product manipulation ( ... )
tories. A precision scale will also be bought, and the plant nursery will be expanded. Environmental education will be offered to children and adolescents, quality control for the products will be implemented, seedlings will be produced for reforestation of degraded areas, and cultural identity of the local people will be rescued.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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23,948.71
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/01/06 |
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Environmental capacity-building to be developed between CERMO and small farmer organizations is the proposal of this project. Environmental problems caused by conventional agricultural practices will be the focus. These conventional practices ( ... )
ally exhaust the soil and the resources. Alternative practices offered by CERMO will leverage small farming by adding environmental conservation techniques. A participative assessment of the main environmental degradation causes in the agroecosystems will be carried out. This will help to improve the use of local native flora and fauna through the implementation of agroecology in the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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2,069.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/17 |
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The objective of this project is to identify and list the caves in the state of Tocantins, taking photographic records of their fauna and flora. Conservation of the caves and their surroundings is also planned. Archeological site and critical area ( ... )
vation will be promoted, as will environmental sensitization for adequate environmental use of the caves. Possible solutions to disturbances in these areas will be identified. Most of the population in the state is not aware of the caves ant their potential. The caves which are known suffer vandalism and depredation due to a lack of knowledge about their value and importance in the ecosystem, in
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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21,285.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/11 |
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This project will support the preparations for the 1st Cerrado Peoples? Fair, which will take place in Goiânia, state of Goiás. The purpose of this fair will be to commercialize products generated from sustainable biodiversity use. The communities ( ... )
anizations prepared to offer products will be assessed for strategically, socially, and economically representative products. This fair hopes to promote interchange among the various producers from different parts of the Cerrado biome, fueling the discussion about sustainable use products. Traditional communities will thus have a cultural exchange opportunity. The general public will be
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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2,692.30
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/01/04 |
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The Bico do Papagaio region, on the border of Tocantins, Maranhão and Pará states, is a transition area between the Cerrado and the Amazon with a high level of deforestation for conversion into pastures. This project aims to promote sensitization ( ... )
women for better use of their gardens as a productive space and care against a number of diseases. It will also offer subsidies for reducing the constant use of industrial medicine, finding cheap or free alternatives in nature. Furthermore, indiscriminate deforestation will be controlled, for consolidation and organization of the rural women in an effort to rescue their
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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27,978.69
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/13 |
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This project seeks to conserve the genetic stock of native Cerrado bee species in northeastern Maranhão state, as well as train the local communities for economic use of the honey-producing potential of the tiúba (Melipona compressipes ( ... )
ulata) bee. 8 beekeeping units will be implemented, one in each municipality, for use as a multiplicator. The project also seeks to insure that 20% of the bees kept in the units are non-commercial species. The region has suffered heavy anthropic pressure over the past years, and is considered a priority area for conservation by the Ministry of Environment. Due to a lack of knowledge about proper
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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17,107.17
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/14 |
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This project seeks to contribute decisively to the strengthening of the Santa Maria do Tocantins Associations in São José and Soninho, in the social, economic, and environmental aspects. Efforts will be made toward the organization of subgroups in ( ... )
munities in the municipality, created to execute activities passed on during the capacity-building courses, construction of a small pre-processing unit, implementation of a sales post, and the creation of an Annual Reimbursable Credit Fund. Association members will be offered training and qualification courses, a diagnostic assessment of native fruit in the rural communities will be carried out,
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/01/08 |
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This project consists of defining a new method for reducing feeding costs for Amazon turtles (Podocnemis expansa) raised and bred in the municipality of Diorama, state of Goiás. A small turtle food factory will be implemented to supply the ( ... )
rs, generate technology, and provide food at cost-price. The ingredients will be sub-products of sustainable Cerrado management processing and improvement, including pequi, baru, and buriti shells. AGROTEC will be the source of the raw materials for the production of the turtle food. It has the installed capacity for processing and improvement of native Cerrado species, and will provide
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2001
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19,179.46
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/01/02 |
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Income generation from natural resource conservation is the main goal of this project, which is part of a larger set of activities with the same goal in the Cachoeirinha Indigenous Lands, municipality of Miranda, state of Mato Grosso do Sul. ( ... )
uction of a plant nursery and an assessment of the natural resources present in this area are the main activities to be carried out. This will conclude the agroecological zoning already under way. These two activities are part of a wider scope of activities aiming at the introduction of agroforestry systems, recovery of degraded areas, processing and improvement of the production and introduction
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2000
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27,295.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/01 |
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Stingless native beekeeping advantages will be disseminated by this project, discouraging predatory use of nests, and exposing the profitability of the activity. An environmental education program connecting the environment to the availability of ( ... )
ces for use by humans will encourage formation of a native beekeeper cooperative. Knowledge about the plants used by bees will also be improved, and studies will be carried out about reproductive strategies. Scientific publications are planned. Bee houses will be built for these purposes, where canudo and jandaíra species will be bred in three areas with different levels of conservation. The
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2000
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28,748.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/08 |
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Communication and interchange activities will be developed in this project for civil organizations in the Cerrado region, as a means of disseminating lessons learned on sustainable livelihoods in the Cerrado and subsidize dialog and mobilization of ( ... )
society about the socio-economic and environmental reality of the biome, its population, and its biodiversity. A quarterly informative bulletin will be released, 2 regional or thematic Cerrado Network meetings will beheld, 1 national meeting will be held, and meetings for the coordination and other Cerrado Network members will be
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2000
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30,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/06 |
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Consolidation and expansion of the beekeeping activity in the Xingu Indigenous Park, in the state of Mato Grosso will be sought in this project. This will be an economic, environmental and culturally adequate activity, capable of satisfying part of ( ... )
tritional needs for the families and communities. Sustainability of the socio-biodiversity is sought and continued use of the biodiversity present in the Park. Rational conventional and native beekeeping will be expanded in the 18 villages where it already occurs and implemented in 7 new villages. A cooperativist model will be adapted and installed between the local indigenous association and the
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2000
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23,945.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BRA/00/10 |
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Implementation of 2 agroecological units based on capacity-building activities on native fruit and riparian wood management product processing and commercialization is the goal of this project. Furthermore, alternative energy sources will be used in ( ... )
lementation of gardens in the homes of the community members. This will take place in the municipality of Buritis, state of Minas Gerais. A plant nursery will also be installed for production of native Cerrado riparian wood specimens such as pequi, baru, and cagaita. Water wheels and photovoltaic cells are the alternative energy sources planned. The agroecological units will produce garden
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